Francesca, a 17-year old school girl, has a vivid dream of making love to Enrico, a 37-year old divorced architect and family friend. She turns her dream into reality by meeting Enrico during a regular school day.
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Title: Sweet Deceptions (1960)
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| Christian Marquand | ... | Enrico | |
| Catherine Spaak | ... | Francesca | |
| Jean Sorel | ... | Renato | |
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Milly | ... | La contessa |
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Patrizia Bini | ||
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Juanita Faust | ... | Maria Grazia (as Janita Faust) |
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Oliviero Dani | ||
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Gisella Ardenz | ... | (as Gisella Ardens) |
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Donatella Esparmer | ... | La principessa |
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Ida Masetti | ||
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Giacomo Furia | ... | Negoziante |
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Donatella Raffai | ||
| Marilù Tolo | ... | Margherita | |
| Serena Vergano | |||
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Eva Bruni | ||
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Francesca, a 17-year old school girl, has a vivid dream of making love to Enrico, a 37-year old divorced architect and family friend. She turns her dream into reality by meeting Enrico during a regular school day.
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1960s | italy | jazz score | skipping school | staircase conversation |Certificate:
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Music by Dino Olivieri
Lyrics by Nino Rastelli
Edizioni Leonardi, 1936
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The film got into trouble with Italian censorship. A total of 8 scenes and 301.5 meters of film were eliminated before it was allowed to be released to public. See more »Goofs
Two different buildings are used in the ending scene as Francesca's residence where Enrico drops her off in his car. The building clearly has no glass lobby in the long shot. It has a glass lobby in the close up shot. See more »Soundtracks
TorneraiMusic by Dino Olivieri
Lyrics by Nino Rastelli
Edizioni Leonardi, 1936
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Francesca, a seventeen-year-old Roman, is finally sure she has found love. Almost sure. She spends the day observing other lovers' behaviors and considering whether she is ready to jump. Her age notwithstanding, this movie is more about coming of age than about improper or illegal romantic relationships.
If Catherine Spaak, beautiful and innocent, acts with brio, the quality of the supporting cast makes the movie. From a fifty-year-old indebted socialite who is having too much fun for her daughter's taste to a jaunty gigolo who turns out to be eaten by unreciprocated love, the minor characters entertain, delight, and subtly teach valuable lessons to both Francesca and the audience.
This film's unpredictability is refreshing. Whether written or filmed, coming-of-age stories often fail to surprise or intrigue the audience. In I Dolci Inganni, most characters seem at first to be crazily entertaining walking clichés, but they later astonish the audience by revealing their depth and their inner struggles. If love is widely accepted as a common human need, it can be expressed in mysterious, unsettling, incomprehensible ways. The variety of its forms in the movie gives the spectator an opportunity to reflect on his or her own endeavors and dreams.
This movie will seem slow paced to Gen-Xers, but anybody interested in human nature should see it.