Mon Dieu, comment suis-je tombée si bas...

Convent-reared Sicilian Laura Antonelli is wed to equally Sicilian Alberto Lionello. Before they can consummate the marriage, they discover they are actually sister and brother. Appalled, but unwilling to admit the shame, they agree to live together, but never touch each other. However, Miss Antonelli, despite her prudish upbringing, feels the constant call of the flesh.

Luigi Comencini's sex comedy is set in 1908 through 1920, so there are references to Gabriele D'Annunzio's erotic work. Yet in the words of the character played by Michele Placido, the chauffeur who seduces Miss Antonelli, everyone is confused by words; the deed is simple and natural. In the midst of all the sniggering and high-flown talk set around the lack of anything to talk about, there are a couple of good comic sequences, and Lionello is quite funny, but mostly it's all about the stupidity.

Even if there is no sex. Isn't it? Well, that's pretty much what happens in the film. Until Eugenia, the character played by the unique beauty that was Laura Antonelli, meets Silvano, the character played by Michele Placido. What a beauty of a woman this Laura Antonelli is, I consider her the most beautiful woman in the world, more beautiful than all the beautiful actresses, like other Italians I have been in love with more or less, Virna Lisi, Monica Vitti, Sylva Koscina, Silvana Mangano, Anonella Lualdi, Rossana Podestà, Sophia Loren, Monica Bellucci, Claudia Cardinale, Gina Lollobrigida, Ornella Muti, Stefania Sandrelli. The film is worth seeing just for her. A little for Michele Placido and Jean Rochefort too. Alberto Lionello's acting is too exaggerated. The talented director Luigi Comencini also delighted me with other films such as: "The Scopone Game Original title: Lo scopone scientifico (1972) and "Misunderstood" Original title: Incompreso (Vita col figlio) (1966). The 10 stars are less for the film than for Laura Antonaz, known as Antonelli.

I have seen that movie more than 10 times and most certainly will see it again. It is funny,witty, and elegant. That movie is about a young Italian woman (the beginning of XX century) who was bred without any knowledge of sex life. She is full of stereotypes about how a lady should behave and she is about to be a wife. Hwever, it is not so simple for her (of course). Speaking about genre, Mio Dio, Come Sono Cadutto in Basso is a parody of saccharine sentimental movies about 'real ladies', who know nothing about men, marriage, sex and so on. The actors are brilliant, especially the heroine. The lines are witty. I do not agree with the word 'mediocre' about it. I assess it as excellent and most definitely recommend that movie as a very good comedy, especially if you like to laugh at stereotypical ladies of the beginning of XX century.

I've seen this movie 4 or 5 times. It is great and very funny! I like all actors very much especially Laura Antonelli and Jean Rochefort. This movie is kind of the parody. Sometimes it reminds me the style of Jane Austen parodies. This is about the "women decorum" or how a woman has to behave with a man in the beginning of XX century.

This film is a genuinely funny farce of conservative Italian morality. The cycle of absurd events in the film is pretty ingenious and I can see this type of writing as inspirational to writers like Woody Allen and Roberto Begnini. Above all, Luigi Comencici's direction is superb. Even if you don't laugh out loud, you should be able to appreciate his masterful comedic directing style. The lead actress Laura Antonelli is a grade-A fox, so watch it for that at least.