The sex just adds tension to the film, but it gives a good insight into greedy peasant like attitude to morals (non really), and other universal values. It's about getting sex, money and lazy comfortable life, with least amount of effort.
A symbolic scene is while checking the property of rich heiress, he (Ugos character) even climbs on its wall to count the number of hens, cocks and chickens in their pen...so I can be sure, not only that he will be well fed, but the woman is indeed wealthy! How can you go wrong...if she has 30 hens in the pen ! Very peasant attitude to wealth!
Even Ugo Tognazzi, commented he liked the depiction of provincial, 'petite bourgeoise', quite vulgar, and greedy Italy in this film ! Of course, all this is done in a dark comedy ....with an odd happy ending twist. The three spinster sisters become the loose women of the town, while 'Ugo's character is reduced to be immobile in a wheelchair , after getting a seizure for having too much extra-marital sex !
A symbolic scene is while checking the property of rich heiress, he (Ugos character) even climbs on its wall to count the number of hens, cocks and chickens in their pen...so I can be sure, not only that he will be well fed, but the woman is indeed wealthy! How can you go wrong...if she has 30 hens in the pen ! Very peasant attitude to wealth!
Even Ugo Tognazzi, commented he liked the depiction of provincial, 'petite bourgeoise', quite vulgar, and greedy Italy in this film ! Of course, all this is done in a dark comedy ....with an odd happy ending twist. The three spinster sisters become the loose women of the town, while 'Ugo's character is reduced to be immobile in a wheelchair , after getting a seizure for having too much extra-marital sex !