This Freedom to Have… Wet Wings/Questa Libertà di Avere… Le Ali Bagnate (1971)

A young beat imagines a story in which he is the protagonist: Pierre is an unsuccessful writer and lives off the money of his rich lover. One day, Pierre meets Miriam, a former lover and currently the lover of Robin, a successful publisher. The two go to Villa Smeralda; once there, Pierre covers Miriam’s naked body in pictures of flowers and gives her a sleeping pill. Pierre then calls Robin and tells him that Miriam is suffering from a serious illness. Robin rushes to Villa Smeralda, accompanied by an aspiring writer, Ariannino, whom he has mistakenly confused for a cardiologist: while bending over Miriam, naked, Pierre takes photos of the pair. Pierre then blackmails the publisher: either he publishes one of his novels, or he publishes the photos…