My Best Friend's Wife | |
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Directed by | Vincenzo Salemme |
Written by | Vincenzo Salemme (play and screenplay) |
Produced by | Vittorio Cecchi Gori Rita Rusic |
Starring | Vincenzo Salemme Carlo Buccirosso Maurizio Casagrande |
Cinematography | Italo Petriccione |
Music by | Antonio Boccia |
Distributed by | Cecchi Gori Group |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
My Best Friend's Wife (Italian : L'amico del cuore) is a 1998 Italian comedy film written and directed by Vincenzo Salemme, adapted from his play.
It marked the directorial film debut of Salemme, and enjoyed a considerable commercial success. [1] [2]
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Roberto's operation succeeds and he survives, but seven months later he discovers that Frida is pregnant.
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