Petulia

Titolo originale: Petulia
Regia: Richard Lester |
Anno: 1968
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Romance
Tag: divorce | socialite |
Cast: Julie Christie | George C. Scott | Richard Chamberlain | Arthur Hill | Shirley Knight | Pippa Scott | Kathleen Widdoes | Richard Dysart | Ruth Kobart | Roger Bowen | Joseph Cotten | Austin Pendleton | Ellen Geer | Howard Hesseman | Janis Joplin | René Auberjonois | Peter Bonerz | Barbara Bosson | Kathryn Ish | Josephine Nichols | Richard Stahl | Mel Stewart |

Archie, noto medico di San francisco sposato con prole, ma sul punto di divorziare, allaccia una relazione sentimentale con petulla, una donna insoddisfatta del proprio matrimonio con l'infantile e manesco David. Scoperto il luogo dove i due si nascondono, David sfoga la sua rabbia di marito tradito su Petulia, riducendola in fin di vita.

Frasi

Archie Bollen: [walks towards Petulia lying naked [...] D
Archie Bollen: Tell me about - eh - Bobby Kennedy. [...] D
Petulia: We've decided we're quite happy with the [...] D
Wilma: [to Archie, regarding his divorce] Shall I [...] D
Wilma: You must - feel something? Archie Bollen: [...] D
Petulia: My name is Petulia. Archie Bollen: I'm n [...] D
Petulia: My great-grandmother's ninety-one and sti [...] D
Nurse: Cut it out, you little spick! D
Wilma: Friends have certain rights, even the right [...] D
Petulia: Archie, why do you play this dumb game? T [...] D
Petulia: You look like a gargoyle. Poor, dumb Arch [...] D
Petulia: I thought you were the most perfect thing [...] D
Archie Bollen: [to Petulia] You have a very superi [...] D
Polo: [after mention of unsolicited gift calendars [...] D
Petulia: Careful! Can't you tell I'm not wearing a [...] D
Petulia: No, no. You don't understand. It shouldn' [...] D
Petulia: I radiate incorruptibility. Money can't b [...] D
Barney: Isn't that the greatest lens you ever saw, [...] D
David Danner: Girls - are beautiful. Petulia: So [...] D
Petulia: Stop being so damn casual. We're about to [...] D
Archie Bollen: Look, Petulia. Tubas. All this "I L [...] D
Petulia: When I lie dying - wondering what my life [...] D
Cashier: It's almost 5 o'clock! Petulia: I'm sorr [...] D
Petulia: Damn it, how can I have an affair with an [...] D
David Danner: If I come for you, let me have a fla [...] D
Mr. Danner: It's been a terrible shock - to Mother [...] D
Barney: You and Polo were a marvellous looking cou [...] D
Petulia: I'd have turned those beautiful hands int [...] D
Jerry Garcia, Himself: [singing] The judge decreed [...] D
Janis Joplin, Herself: [singing] Road block! Road [...] D
Petulia: Girls like me are very rare. D
Petulia: That's my husband over there. I've been m [...] D
Topless Restaurant Announcer: Now we have our love [...] D
Petulia: Go and call a proper doctor. Archie Boll [...] D
Archie Bollen: Are we? Petulia: Are we what? Arc [...] D
Petulia: Get stuffed, Wilma. D
Petulia: Where are you rushing to? If we were - if [...] D