The Moralist

The Moralist

1959 · 93 min · IT · 6.4 (27 votes)
Dir. Giorgio Bianchi · Starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Maria Perschy, Franco Fabrizi, Christiane Nielsen, Mara Berni · Music Carlo Savina
Comedy

The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.

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A sharp, witty satire that skewers societal hypocrisy with a knowing wink. It feels like a sophisticated, slightly scandalous drawing-room comedy, revealing the absurdities beneath a veneer of respectability.

satiricalwittycynicaldarkly comedicsteadyclassic Hollywood comedysatireperiod piecehypocrisymoralitysocietal normssecrecy
societal hypocrisycensor
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