When Women Were Called Virgins

The film takes place in the Middle Ages. Edwidge Fenech is accused of adultery. The trial takes place in a crowded square. She assures that she is not to blame, since her husband himself spends his free time with other women, and she is not satisfied with that at all. She undresses in public in the square and asks, isn’t this thing worthy of intimate caresses? The court requires evidence that Edwidge does not receive any pleasure during sexual contact. Edwidge and her husband begin to make love at home, but in the presence of judges. The husband fails and then any person from the “jury” is called. He must prove that he is at least better in bed with Edwidge...