Tears on Your Face

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Tears on Your Face
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Directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti
Written by Giovanni Grimaldi
Bruno Corbucci
Starring Bobby Solo
Cinematography Stelvio Massi
Edited by Franco Fraticelli
Music by Gianni Marchetti
Release date
1969
Language Italian

Tears on Your Face (Italian: Una lacrima sul viso) is a 1964 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti. It is named after the Bobby Solo's hit song "Una lacrima sul viso". [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN   8884405033.
  2. ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN   8820029197.
  3. ↑ Renato Venturelli, Nessuno ci può giudicare: il lungo viaggio del cinema musicale italiano, Fahrenheit 451, 1998. ISBN   8886095309.
  4. ↑ Daniele Magni, Cuori matti - Dizionario dei musicarelli anni '60, Bloodbuster Edizioni, 2012. ISBN   9788890208775.


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