Catherine and I

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Catherine and I
Io e Caterina.jpg
Directed by Alberto Sordi
Written by Rodolfo Sonego, Alberto Sordi
Produced by Fulvio Lucisano
Starring Alberto Sordi, Edwige Fenech, Catherine Spaak
Cinematography Sergio D'Offizi  [ de; it ]
Edited byTatiana Casini Morigi
Music by Piero Piccioni
Release date
1980
Running time
105 min
Country Italy
LanguageItalian

Io e Caterina (internationally released as Catherine and I) is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Alberto Sordi. [1]

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For his performance, Alberto Sordi was awarded with a Globo d'oro for best actor. [2]

Plot summary

Enrico has a troubled relationship with his wife, a waitress and his lover. For this reason he decides to abandon all of them and to dedicate himself to peace. In fact he has been interested in a friend's robot waiter, and so Enrico decides to buy one for himself. The robot is called Catherine (Caterina) and serves Enrico to perfection for some time until she starts behaving strangely when Enrico brings other women to his apartment. It appears clear at the end that Caterina was in fact developing human feeling and that made the relationship with her master very complicated.

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN   88-7742-423-0.
  2. "Globo d'Oro – Cronologia". Associazione Stampa Estera. Retrieved 18 December 2013.