A quartet of self-absorbed yuppies, surrounded by impeccable decor but with their souls in a sewer, seem to have nothing better to do than to analyze themselves and each other into very negative states of destruction. Decadence and cynicism abound, and the viewer is gradually submerged into such bleak ugliness that it is almost stifling trying to find one positive note. The actors all play their parts very well, but do real people behave in this way? Ben Daniel's character is the most repugnant, perverted misogynistic sadist I've ever seen on film, definitely aberrant, abnormal. The women characters are pitiful, equally repulsive. Paolo Seganti's uncertain husband is the only one with any credibility...but he seems emotionally dead after his marriage is destroyed. Altogether, a distasteful enterprise.
A similar, but more effective study of amoral wealthy lifestyles, and ambivalent sexuality leading to tragedy is "Llanto de la Tortuga" which I much prefer over this one. It doesn't leave you with such a taste of bile in your mouth.
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