La vespa e la regina (1999)

Renato, a very effeminate gay who is called "Marlene" in honour of Marlene Dietrich, because of a promise he made for his sick grandmother, he must try the opposite sex at least one time. ... See full summary »

Director:

Antonello De Leo

Writers:

Franco De Angelis, Francesca Panzarella

Stars:

Claudia Gerini, Pere Ponce, Luigi Petrucci

Cast

Credited cast:
Claudia Gerini	...	Ginevra
Pere Ponce	...	Renato
Luigi Petrucci	...	Nicola, Renato's father
Ana Risueño	...	Elisa
Cosimo Cinieri	...	Uncle Antonio
Armando De Razza	...	Osvaldo Pistoni
Alessandra Sarno	...	Cugina
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dino Abbrescia	...	Lorenzo
Mario Patanè	...	Avvocato
Paolo Sassanelli	...	Francesco

Storyline

Renato, a very effeminate gay who is called "Marlene" in honour of Marlene Dietrich, because of a promise he made for his sick grandmother, he must try the opposite sex at least one time. He think he has a chance with Ginevra, a fond lesbian leader of the rock band "The fucking sisters". She has already discovered her girlfriend with a man, so she decides to find out how it feels to have sex with a man. Curiously, they met on a wedding of a common relative, so they both think their partner is straight.

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Plot Keywords:

gay interest | homosexual

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Taglines:

...e se a lui piacesse... lui ... e se a lei piacesse... lei

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Spain Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

3 September 1999 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Pásate a la pasta

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blu Cinematografica, Canal+ España, Esicma S.R.L

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A real turning point

Antonello De Leo, for his first feature film, choose a difficult subject, in which is easy to repeat the same old gay cliches. Instead he built a funny and well done ambiguous comedy. The screenplay is good and pleasant: it doesn't make platitudinous the very frequent unexpected events, leading the audience in an irresistible twister. This movie marks a real turning point in the gay italian cinema: you can just look at "Come mi vuoi" and "Uomini uomini uomini" to notice it.