The story follows Antonia, a beautiful young woman who enters a convent to spite her father after he refuses to let her marry her lover, Vulco. However, the situation is a misunderstanding, as she was actually betrothed to him all along.
Includes Riccardo Garrone as Giovanni Piccolomini, a painter with a "scene-stealing red cap," and Malisa Longo as Caterina. La Bella Antonia (1972)
Domestic critics at the time were largely dismissive; Leonardo Autera of Corriere della Sera described it as "bordering on pornography" and criticized Laurenti's direction as "technical illiteracy". The story follows Antonia, a beautiful young woman
La Bella Antonia, prima monica e poi dimonia (released in 1972) is an Italian sex comedy—specifically a , a subgenre inspired by Boccaccio's The Decameron —directed by Mariano Laurenti . Plot and Themes The story follows Antonia