L'amore difficile

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L'amore difficile
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Directed by Alberto Bonucci
Sergio Sollima
Nino Manfredi
Luciano Lucignani
Starring Nino Manfredi
Vittorio Gassman
Cinematography Erico Menczer
Edited by Eraldo Da Roma
Music by Piero Umiliani
Release date
  • 24 December 1962 (1962-12-24)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

L'amore difficile (internationally released as Of Wayward Love and as Sex Can Be Difficult) is a 1962 Italian comedy anthology film. The film represents the directorial debut of the four authors, who were however all experienced in other areas of the film industry (Manfredi and Bonucci as actors, Lucignani and Sollima as writers). [1] The four episodes are based on short stories by well-known Italian novelists ( Mario Soldati, Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino and Ercole Patti) and share the themes of love and betrayal. [2]

Contents

The film was co-produced with West Germany where it was released with the title Schwierige Liebe.

Cast

Le donne

(directed by Sergio Sollima)

L'avaro

(directed by Luciano Lucignani)

L'avventura di un soldato

(directed by Nino Manfredi)

Il serpente

(directed by Alberto Bonucci)

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References

  1. Bianco e nero, Volume 24. Centro sperimentale di cinematografia. p. 122.
  2. Franca Faldini, Goffredo Fofi. L'Avventurosa storia del cinema italiano raccontata dai suoi protagonisti, 1960-1969. Feltrinelli, 1981.