Ferdinando and Carolina (Ferdinando e Carolina) (1999)

Ferdinando and Carolina

“Lina Wertmüller returns to her oldest obsessions – sexuality and politics and where/how they converge – in Ferdinando and Carolina. Yet Wertmüller’s film is malformed and various maneuvers are poorly explained to the audience so the narrative remains indecipherable. It’s quite simple, Ferdinando and Carolina are poorly thought out as characters leaving a hole in the center that the film cannot overcome.   Playing fast and loose with history, this film tells the story of the King of Naples’ wandering and insatiable cock and the virginal queen who conquers him with the power of his pussy. Her transition from blushing bride to controlling shrew is near instantaneous as her hymen breaks and the switch happens. We’re led to believe that he’s obsessed with her to the point whe” read more