Il magnifico cornuto (THE MAGNIFICENT CUCKOLD)

What is the greatest disgrace that can befall a respectable man in Italy? Having his wife cuckold him, of course! Hat manufacturer Andrea comes to this realization just as he is embarking on an affair of his own—even though he and the young Maria Grazia are actually happily married. Suddenly, he smells infidelity everywhere. A fleeting suspicion turns into an obsession, driving him ever deeper into jealousy, a mania for control, and self-deception... With an unerring instinct for social contradictions, Antonio Pietrangeli—a filmmaker sadly forgotten today—dissects the moral values ​​of the "Economic Miracle" era, placing Claudia Cardinale’s character at the heart of a bitter satire on possessiveness, machismo, and the fragility of male pride.
(Florian Widegger)