L'insegnante di violoncello

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Directed byLorenzo Onorati
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1983/1987
LanguageItalian

L'insegnante di violoncello (lit. The Cello Teacher) is a 1989 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Lorenzo Onorati (credited as Lawrence Weber [1] ) and starring Serena Grandi, Michel Rocher and Leo Gullotta. It has been considered the sixth and last film of the "Insegnante" series. The film was originally theatrically released in 1983/1987 as Abbronzatissima (lit. Very suntanned (feminine)). [1] [2]

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Plot

Mario falls in love with his cello teacher, the beautiful Margherita.

Production

Roberto Pariante, a collaborator of Dario Argento, is credited as assistant director. [1]

Release

After its initial box office flop, the film was released directly on VHS under the title L'insegnante di violoncello in Italy on November 19, 1989. [3] The versions that the Italian television broadcast were substantially shorter than the original [1] (around 60 minutes), one VHS version lasting 19 minutes more.. [2] The DVD version has been restored to 89 minutes [4] while the integral version is said to last 95 minutes. [1]

Reception

The film is described as a "poor vacation comedy in the style of Carlo Vanzina, boring and predictable." [5] A review on Filmtv.it concedes the film is not a memorable one but insists it cannot be judged in its truncated version. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Recensione su L'insegnante di violoncello (1983) di undying | FilmTV.it (in Italian), archived from the original on 2023-05-02, retrieved 2023-05-02
  2. 1 2 L'INSEGNANTE DI VIOLONCELLO (in Italian), archived from the original on 2023-05-02, retrieved 2023-05-01
  3. ↑ "Linsegnante di violoncello (película 1989) - Tráiler. resumen, reparto y dónde ver. Dirigida por Lorenzo Onorati". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2023-05-02. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. ↑ "L' insegnante di violoncello". www.unilibro.it. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  5. ↑ L'insegnante di violoncello (1983) | FilmTV.it (in Italian), archived from the original on 2023-05-02, retrieved 2023-05-02

Bibliography

Paolo Mereghetti, Il Mereghetti: Le schede, Baldini & Castoldi, 2001, p. 1054.

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