Primo amore (1978)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Dino Risi

Writers:

Ruggero Maccari (writer)
Dino Risi (writer)

Release Date:

30 September 1982 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi	...	Ugo
Ornella Muti	...	Renata
Mario Del Monaco
Caterina Boratto
Riccardo Billi
Venantino Venantini
Luigi Rossi
Alberto Postorino
Vittorio Zarfati
Louise Lambert
Marina Hedman		(as Marina Lothar Frajese)
Fiona Florence
Gianfranco Cardinali
Salvatore Campochiaro
Enzo Maggio

Also Known As:

First Love (International: English title)

Runtime:

Spain:110 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technospes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) | Spain:13 | Argentina:13

Company:

Dean Film

it took 20 years to find this much info -- very funny film, bittersweet

I saw this film twice on my first trip to Italy (my first European trip, so it already was magical) and loved it, which was high praise, since I'd only been studying Italian for a few months, on my own. As I remember, it's the story of a man in an old actors home who wins a lottery, and runs away with a pretty worker from the home. He is taken advantage of, I remember, but exactly how...? I have looked for this film on video, and I think United Artists may offer it, but perhaps only in Europe. I would love to see it again...Ugo Tognazzi was a wonderful actor, and expressed many things simultaneously, as he did in La Cage Aux Folles. Lucky you if you can see the movie. I was in love with my Primo [Italian] Amore at the time, so perhaps memory has sweetened recollection. But I think it was lots of fun to watch.