Naples in Veils movie storyline. During a party Adriana comes across the seductive and provocative looks of Andrea, an attractive and confident young man. She cannot escape the sensual skirmish and the two end up spending the night together. Things between them don’t end there, infact they decide to meet the next day. A stronger feeling grows rapidly in her, perhaps the beginning of what couldn’t be a great love that could change her life.
The turning point arrives, but the outcome is not what she expected. The situation quickly takes a wrong turn when she becomes involved in a crime that drags her to the center of an investigation by the disturbing outlines. An unexpected scenario, which could undermine her every certainty. Without the possibility to escape, she involuntarily slips that will lead her to meet the darkest shadows of her personality.
Naples in Veils (Italian: Napoli Velata) is a 2017 romantic thriller film by Italian director Ferzan Özpetek. The film, which was released on December 28, 2017, stars Italian actors Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Maria Pia Calzone, Luisa Ranieri and Isabella Ferrari. It was shown as the opening film of the 40th International Moscow Film Festival.
About the Story
The film begins with the scene of the male character giving birth to a baby in the theater at an evening party, and continues with Adriana, a middle-aged woman, an autopsy specialist, and Andrea, a handsome young man who later turns out to be a smuggler of historical artifacts, spending the night together. In this union, the tattoo on Andrea’s crotch attracts attention. In Dorsay’s words, this daring scene continues with Adriana wanting to watch his body, and the man surrenders himself to this woman in all his nakedness.
The man who gets up early for an appointment the next morning answers the woman’s question “What are we?” and adds, “We are whatever you want”, whether he is a lover, engaged or married. They set their next meeting at the Archaeological Museum in Naples. While the thriller and detective part of the film begins here, this is also where male sexuality and the male body come together with art. The woman who went to the museum waits for the man here, syncretizing the male statues there with the body of the man she watched last night. The anatomy of a man is revealed with the harmony of the scenes that follow. The man the woman is waiting for cannot come. The autopsy specialist woman returns home disappointed.
Later, even though he was on leave, he had to go to the hospital in his calm state when his colleague got sick, and he encountered an unknown victim with his eyes gouged out on a stretcher. One of the assistants cuts the victim’s clothes with scissors and the woman notices the tattoo on the victim’s groin. The deceased woman is Andrea, with whom she had sex and fell in love last night. The detective part of the movie increases even more after this point.
Andrea has another twin from whom they were separated when they were children. The woman sees him on the streets of Naples and starts chasing him. Andrea’s twin tells the woman that she is not the person she is looking for, but to confirm this, Adriana checks her crotch for a tattoo in a secluded place. From this point on, Andrea’s twin joins the woman’s life for a while, and in her scenes at home, a male body is revealed in full detail. Adirana then gets closer to the police officer responsible for solving Andrea’s murder, and towards the end, there is a suicide scene.
Naples in Veils (2017)
Napoli Velata
Directed by: Ferzan Özpetek
Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Luisa Ranieri, Isabella Ferrari, Anna Bonaiuto, Lina Sastri, Maria Pia Calzone, Peppe Barra, Loredana Cannata, Daniele Foresi, Carmine Recano
Screenplay by: Ferzan Özpetek, Gianni Romoli, Valia Santella
Production Design by: Ivana Gargiulo
Cinematography by: Gian Filippo Corticelli
Film Editing by: Leonardo Alberto Moschetta
Costume Design by: Alessandro Lai
Art Direction by: Dicle Sarman
Music by: Pasquale Catalano
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: December 28, 2017 (Italy)
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