La Visita (1963)

A lonely woman (Sandra Milo) in a rural town in Northern Italy exchanges letters with a man (Francois Perier) unhappy with his life in Rome. He travels by train one weekend to meet her and see if they are compatible enough for marriage. Directed by Antonio Pietrangeli (I KNEW HER WELL), this is a sad little film. The film seems to be sending out mixed messages before finally arriving at its somewhat ambiguous conclusion although it's easy enough to see the two main protagonists' fate. When I say it's a sad movie, it's because Milo seems so desperate to have someone in her life and settle down that she can't see that she deserves better than this petty little prick, who can only make her miserable. Although the film itself seems to let Perier's jerk off the hook, I can't. Milo and Perier are very good though it's hard to take your eyes off Milo's awesome derriere whenever she's in motion. With Mario Adorf, Gastone Moschin and Angela Minervini.