The Trick in the Sheet

The Trick in the Sheet (Original title:L'imbroglio Nel Lenzuolo) is a 2010 Italian period romantic comedy film directed by Alfonso Arau.

About the arrival of cinema in a small Italian town, it stars Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Geraldine Chaplin, Anne Parillaud and Primo Reggiani.

However, he is torn by the demands of those around him, his producer wants salacious storylines with nudity and his sister, who also owns the production company, craves something more edifying.

Federico decides to recreate the Biblical story of the falsely accused Susanna, where she nakedly bathes and is leered at by two older men.

Federico becomes attracted to Beatrice, a visiting writer (Parillaud) but decides to use Marianna (Cucinotta), a peasant sorceress, as his Susanna.