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Writers:
Roberto Leoni (writer)
Luigi Malerba (writer)
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Release Date:
3 October 1980 (Finland) more
Genre:
Comedy more
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Sexy Slapstick more (1 total)

Cast

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Johnny Dorelli ... Alberto Castelli
Barbara Bouchet ... Eleonora Rubens
Carlo Bagno ... Anselmo
Elsa Vazzoler ... Anita
Felice Andreasi ... Dottor Rossini
Anny Papa ... Helen - Alberto's wife

Gino Pernice ... Arturo - Eleonora's husband
Ugo Maria Morosi ... The Plumber

Toni Ucci ... Brother Francesco
Enzo Cannavale ... The Guru
Stefania Casini ... Marisa - Eleonora's friend
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Dino Emanuelli ... Alfonso - Alberto's neighbour
Tom Felleghy ... Alberto's Assistant
Edda Ferronao ... Alfonso's Wife
Marina Hedman ... The first Girl doing the audition
Pietro Tordi ... The Chaplain in the armed services
Pietro Zardini ... The Undertaker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover (USA)
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Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Technospes)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16
Company:
Cinematografica Alex more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Sexy Slapstick, 24 January 2003
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Author: Stefan Kahrs from Canterbury, England

In the 1970s, the Italians made use of relaxed censorship conditions by considerably sexing up their comedies - even slapstick comedies such as this one. This process sometimes helped staging intrinsically sexual situations (e.g. a cheating spouse caught in the act), but more commonly was exploited to add gratuitous nudity.

Most of these sexy comedies from that era had slapstick elements of some form, but this movie goes further and shifts the balance towards slapstick. In other words, we have here a sexy comedy but also a slapstick comedy. There is a problem when these subgenres are combined, and it is: pace. Slapstick requires actions to be fast and furious, but erotic elements need a much slower pace to work best. This film implements a corresponding shift of gear to accommodate both moods, but the shift itself is at times abrupt and unconvincing.

Johnny Dorelli is much more bearable than the usual comedy males of the genre (Alvaro Vitali, Lino Banfi, Gianfranco D'Angelo, etc.), or at least his brand of humour travels better - he is less of a clown and more of a comic actor. Female lead Barbara Bouchet plays it straight, but she had hardly a choice - Italian comedies of that time use women as objects of adoration, not to carry the comedic elements.

The overall result does not quite work, but does not completely fail either. The unusual combinations of moods leaves it as an interesting curiosity.

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