The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn

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The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn
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Directed by Luciano Martino
Written byLuciano Martino
Francesco Milizia
Cesare Frugoni
Starring Alberto Lionello
Edwige Fenech
Cinematography Giancarlo Ferrando
Music by Franco Pisano
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
LanguageItalian

La vergine, il toro e il capricorno (internationally released as The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn, Erotic Exploits of a Sexy Seducer, Not Tonight Darling (not to be confused with the 1971 British drama Not Tonight, Darling ), Bull by the Horns and The Virgin, the Bull and the Capricorn) is a 1977 Italian sexy comedy film directed by Luciano Martino. [1] [2] According to the film critic Paolo Mereghetti, the film is "one of the most funny films" in the commedia sexy all'italiana genre. [3]

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Plot

An established Milanese architect who lives in Rome, indomitable unfaithful to his wife, does everything not to be discovered by her. But when this happens, the wife takes revenge by cheating on her husband with a young architecture student.

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References

  1. ↑ Giusti, Marco (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN   978-8820029197.
  2. ↑ Micciché, Lino (1997). Il cinema del riflusso: film e cineasti italiani degli anni '70. Marsilio. ISBN   978-8831767507.
  3. ↑ Mereghetti, Paolo (2010). Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore. ISBN   8860736269.


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