Pensando a te

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Pensando a te
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Directed by Aldo Grimaldi
Screenplay by Giovanni Grimaldi
Story byAldo Grimaldi
Starring
CinematographyFausto Zuccoli
Edited byDaniele Alabiso
Music by Augusto Martelli
Distributed by Titanus
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Language Italian

Pensando a te (Italian for 'Thinking of you') is a 1969 Italian musicarello comedy film directed by Aldo Grimaldi and starring Al Bano and Romina Power. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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