This Kind of Love (film)

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This Kind of Love
Questa specie d'amore.jpg
Directed by Alberto Bevilacqua
Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring Ugo Tognazzi
Cinematography Roberto Gerardi
Edited by Alberto Gallitti
Music by Ennio Morricone
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Language Italian

Questa specie d'amore (aka, This Kind of Love) is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Bevilacqua. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Bevilacqua himself. [1] The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for best film and two Nastro d'Argento awards for best screenplay and for best story. [2]

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References

  1. Ernesto Guidorizzi, La narrativa italiana e il cinema, Sansoni, 1973
  2. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.