Tigers in Lipstick

Tigers in Lipstick
Film poster
Directed by	Luigi Zampa
Written by	Luis Castro Tonino Guerra Giorgio Salvioni
Produced by	Giorgio Salvioni
Starring	Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel, Monica Vitti
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Italy, Spain
Language	Italian
Box office	156,588 admissions (France) [1]

Tigers in Lipstick (Italian : Letti selvaggi) is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, starring Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel and Monica Vitti. ^[2] It was Zampa's final film. It is an anthology of 8 unrelated vignettes, each involving a very attractive woman. The four lead actresses star in two vignettes each.

Plot

A woman (Kristel) lures a man into her room for a mysterious purpose; a schoolboy gets a prostitute (Vitti) to pretend to be his mother at an interview with the school principal; a reporter's interview with a recent widow (Andress) takes an unusual turn; a woman (Antonelli) finds a permanent way to end her husband's jealousy; a woman (Kristel) finds her husband unenduringly boring; a woman (Vitti) tries to recover a stolen necklace she herself just stole; a woman (Andress) causes traffic accidents by seductively distracting male drivers; a shy orchestra conductor has his tryst with a businesswoman (Antonelli) constantly interrupted.

Cast

• Ursula Andress as The Stroller / The Widow
• Laura Antonelli as The Wife / The Businesswoman
• Sylvia Kristel as The Lady on the Bed / The Unhappy Wife
• Monica Vitti as Maria, the fake mother / The Thief
• Orazio Orlando as Fioroni / The Arab
• Michele Placido as Angelo / The Photographer
• José Sacristán as The Musician
• Roberto Benigni as The Principal
• Enrico Beruschi as The Professor
• José Luis López Vázquez as Garage Owner

References

1. Sylvia Kristel French box office information at Box Office Story
2. "New York Times: Tigers in Lipstick". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008.

External links

• Tigers in Lipstick at IMDb