My Father's Private Secretary

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My Father's Private Secretary
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Directed by Mariano Laurenti
Written byFrancesco Milizia
Produced by Luciano Martino
Starring Maria Rosaria Omaggio
Renzo Montagnani
CinematographyPasquale Rachini
Edited byAlberto Moriani
Music by Gianni Ferrio
Release date
  • 26 December 1976 (1976-12-26)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

My Father's Private Secretary (Italian : La segretaria privata di mio padre) is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti and starring Maria Rosaria Omaggio and Renzo Montagnani. [1] [2]

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Plot

An unfaithful businessman kowtows to his jealous wife by hiring unattractive secretaries, when a newly hired female employee attracts both his son's and his attention.

Cast

Production

The film is a loose remake of Goffredo Alessandrini's Telefoni Bianchi film The Private Secretary . [1]

Release

The film was released in Italian cinemas by Titanus on 26 December 1976. [1]

Reception

In Italy, the film was a hit, grossing over 800 million lira. [1] Corriere della Sera film critic Giovanna Grassi described it as a pochade filled with stereotypes, which "depicts women as prostitutes, nymphomaniacs, or sleazy social climbers, and degrades the Italian man to a macchietta [caricature] of his worst flaws". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Giusti, Marco (2019). "La segretaria privata di mio padre". Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy. Bloodbuster edizioni. pp. 415–416. ISBN   978-88-943385-3-9.
  2. Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). "La segretaria privata di mio padre". Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese. ISBN   8876059695.
  3. Grassi, Giovanna (25 April 1977). "Pochade all'italiana". Corriere della Sera . p. 15.