Countersex

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Countersex
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Directed by Franco Rossi
Marco Ferreri
Renato Castellani
Produced by Carlo Ponti
Starring Nino Manfredi
Ugo Tognazzi
Anna Maria Ferrero
Cinematography Leonida Barboni
Roberto Gerardi
Ennio Guarnieri
Music by Piero Umiliani
Roman Vlad
Teo Usuelli
Release date
4 October 1968
LanguageItalian

Controsesso, internationally released as Countersex, is a 1964 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Franco Rossi, Marco Ferreri and Renato Castellani. All the episodes have sex as main theme. The episode of Ferreri is considered by several critics as the masterpiece of the first Italian period of the director. [1] [ page needed ]

Contents

Cast

Cocaina di domenica

(directed by Franco Rossi, written by Cesare Zavattini, Piero De Bernardi and Leonardo Benvenuti)

Il professore

(directed by Marco Ferreri, written by Rafael Azcona and Marco Ferreri)

Una donna d'affari

(directed by Renato Castellani, written by Tonino Guerra and Giorgio Salvioni)

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References

  1. Masoni, Tullio (1998). Marco Ferreri (in Italian). Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   8877422157.