My First Forty Years

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My First Forty Years
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Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by Carlo Vanzina
Written byCarlo Vanzina
Enrico Vanzina
Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring Carol Alt
Cinematography Luigi Kuveiller
Edited byJacques Gaillard
Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by Umberto Smaila
Production
companies
C.G. Silver Film [1]
Rete Italia [1]
Distributed by Columbia Pictures Italia [1]
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
LanguageItalian

My First Forty Years (Italian : I miei primi 40 anni, also known as My Wonderful Life) is a 1987 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Carol Alt, Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Marina Ripa Di Meana. [2] [3]

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Plot

Italy late 1980s. Determined not to remain an unknown woman, Marina gives rise to fame going from one room to another bed, from one scandal to another. She married a penniless duke then loves a journalist, an artist and a politician.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "I miei primi 40 anni (1987)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. ISBN   8820029197.
  3. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.


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