I See Naked

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I See Naked
Vedo nudo.jpg
Directed by Dino Risi
Written by Dino Risi
Iaia Fiastri
Ruggero Maccari
Fabio Carpi
Bernardino Zapponi
Starring Nino Manfredi
Sylva Koscina
Enrico Maria Salerno
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 4 October 1968 (1968-10-04)
LanguageItalian

Vedo nudo (internationally released as I See Naked) is a 1969 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Dino Risi. All the episodes have sex as main theme and all star Nino Manfredi, who plays seven different characters. [1] The film represents the last collaboration between Manfredi and Risi, after Operazione San Gennaro and Straziami ma di baci saziami . For this film Manfredi was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actor. [2]

Contents

Vedo nudo gained a huge commercial success, [1] [3] and was followed by two unofficial sequels, Sessomatto and Sesso e volentieri , both directed by Risi. [4]

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