Reich und gnadenlos (1986)

Reich und gnadenlos: Directed by Lina Wertmüller. With Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido, Roberto Herlitzka, Massimo Wertmüller. A charming billionaire manager kidnap a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.

“There are some truly amazing Lina Wertmuller films. This is not one of them. Oddily enough, this is almost a remake by her of one of her most spectacularly successful films, Swept Away. The plot has some differences, but the setting and the characters and class and power dynamics are nearly identical. I found the sex scenes in this version rather embarrassing, and there really seemed to be no point in making this at all as there were no new ideas added.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOnce again I find myself shaking my head when a director attempts a remake of an excellent classic film. But the same director??? For heavenu0026#39;s sake, WHY?”