Il corpo della ragassa (1979)

Two immutable truths are that there is no holding back a beautiful woman who has ambition, and sex sells at a rate that always enriches sly bitches. Even in the repressive and snitch-infested society of 1930s fascist Italy, as represented in Il Corpo della ragassa (1979), a lady with good looks and a master plan can rise from scorned scrub woman to a rank of envy among the nouveau riche and the faded aristocracy. It helps if she marries well--latching on to a broad-minded gentleman advanced in both finances and years--and then wisely invests the income of his core businesses, in this case a chain of kink-catering brothels.