The Double

The film stars Jean Sorel, who had worked previously on director Guerrieri’s terrific The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968) as well as a number of other key gialli from the late ‘60s and early ’70s. Sorel gives a fine performance here as a “loafer” (as his character puts it) who lives off his father’s allowance and dreams of being an architect. He’s married to a 19 year old sexpot (the always entertaining Ewa Aulin) who looks and acts like a childlike bimbo, but who will surprise everyone in the room with an eloquently worded summation of a given situation, usually with an acid tongue. The wife’s mother comes to visit them in Morocco, where they’re vacationing, and Sorel finds himself irresistibly drawn to his wife’s mother and attempts a heated affair with her… –unhingedfilm.com