Adelina, head of infamous Italian erotic magazine "Playmen," challenged conservative norms through elegant nudes, daring topics promoting female desire, and intellectual discourse, amid backlash in religious 1960s-70s Italy.

This tenacious and courageous woman, head of the most famous Italian erotic magazine in the 60s/70s, "Playmen", the Italian answer to Playboy. Under Adelina's leadership, the magazine contributed to the radical change in Italian customs, not without going through the thousand difficulties typical of every revolution. The elegant nude, which revealed without showing off, the courage of the topics covered, which often incited the woman to legitimize her desire, combined with important contributions from the major Italian intellectuals, made "Playmen" a place of free and eclectic conversation . An intelligent and unrepeatable transgression in a very religious and conservative Italy.