Speriamo che sia femmina (1986)

A critique of the role of the male in modern Italian society and has demonstrated the possibility of a form of 'female bonding' between women who live, by choice, in a world without men

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Tullio Pinelli (story), Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay) (as Leo Benvenuti)

Stars:

Liv Ullmann, Catherine Deneuve, Giuliana de Sio

13 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liv Ullmann	...	Elena
Catherine Deneuve	...	Claudia
Giuliana de Sio	...	Franca
Philippe Noiret	...	Leonardo
Giuliano Gemma	...	Nardoni
Bernard Blier	...	Uncle Gugo
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Lolli
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere	...	Malvina
Paolo Hendel	...	Giovannini
Athina Cenci	...	Fosca
Francesca Calò	...	Martina
Simona Cera	...	Irma
Mario Cecchi
Riccardo Diana
Enio Drovandi	...	Don Maurizio

Storyline

Elena lives on a Tuscan farm, separated from her ineffectual husband Leonardo, who is more concerned with his mistress Lolli than his wife or two daughters, Franca and Malvina. This collection of female figures inhabiting a world virtually without men is completed by Elena's sister Claudia and Elena's housekeeper Fosca. The only male in the house is a senile old uncle who spends most of his time knitting. This unusual stable female environment is suddenly shaken by several crises.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

6 February 1986 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Let's Hope It's a Girl

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clemi Cinematografica, Producteurs Associés, Films A2

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Paroles et musique (1984)

User Reviews

A week screenplay with many miscast stars

Nothing to share with the masterpieces of the fifties, and even with more solid screenplays like Parenti serpenti (Poisonous Relations). It is unbelievable that this modest film, in which most of the great stars are completely miscast, has won so many awards (all Italian, by the way). The humor is poor, the story is full of stereotypes, the dialogs have no strength: sorry for the fans of Monicelli (I am one) but this film adds nothing to his career. Let's take the episode in which uncle Gugo is taken to a sort of clinic for mental diseases, where an odd priest, more similar to a salesman, persuades Elena and others to leave the old man there, without any formal and medical discussion; or the other, in which the same uncle Guga, after a so called "car accident", goes back home alone, 20 km far. Is it a farce, or something serious ? Let's forget it.