Time for Loving

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Time for Loving
Sapore di mare.jpg
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by Carlo Vanzina
Written byEnrico Vanzina
Carlo Vanzina
Starring Jerry Calà
Christian De Sica
CinematographyBeppe Maccari
Edited by Raimondo Crociani
Music by Edoardo Vianello
Mariano Perrella
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Time for Loving (released in Italy as Sapore di mare) is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living subgenre of revival-nostalgic comedy films. [1] [2] It also generated a sequel, Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo . [3] For her performance in this film Virna Lisi won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category. [4]

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Plot summary

The film is set in the Sixties, in the Tuscan beach of Forte dei Marmi. A group of young friends spends their holidays at the sea. One of them has a girlfriend, but she loves another man, while his brother is with a beautiful American girl, but he prefers another woman. Finally, a shy student falls in love with an older woman. The end of the movie is a fast-forward in which the same friends gather together after twenty years; however, they are sad because everything is different in their life.

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References

  1. ↑ Emiliano Morreale (2009). L'invenzione della nostalgia: il vintage nel cinema italiano e dintorni. Donzelli Editore.
  2. ↑ Paola Mingoni. Cinema da ridere in 201 film. Giunti Editore.
  3. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore.
  4. ↑ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore.


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