Ubalda, All Naked and Warm

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Ubalda, All Naked and Warm
Quel gran pezzo dell'Ubalda.jpg
Directed by Mariano Laurenti
Written byTito Carpi
Luciano Martino
Carlo Veo
Produced byLuciano Martino
Starring Edwige Fenech
Pippo Franco
CinematographyTino Santoni
Music by Bruno Nicolai
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Quel gran pezzo dell'Ubalda tutta nuda e tutta calda, internationally released as Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (though translated to Spanish as "Ubalda la hermosa, ardiente y fogosa" [1] ) is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti.

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It gained a great commercial success [2] and launched the "commedia sexy all'italiana" genre. [3] [4] Walter Veltroni defined the film a "cult-title" and a title which is "a piece of Italian history". [5]

The main actors Edwige Fenech and Pippo Franco were reunited for the similar Giovannona Long-Thigh , released the following year.

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References

  1. Note: The literal translation from Italian is closer to "That Great Piece of Ubalda, Completely Naked and Totally Hot", while the translation from Spanish means "Ubalda the Beautiful, Hot and Spirited".
  2. L'Espresso , Edizioni 26-30. L'Espresso, 1998.
  3. Michele Giordano, Daniele Aramu. La commedia erotica italiana: vent'anni di cinema sexy made in Italy. Gremese Editore, 2000.
  4. Marco Lombardi. Cinegustologia. Il leone verde edizioni, 2009.
  5. Leandro Palestini (27 April 1996). "E' TORNATA L' UBALDA MEDIEVALE E ' BURINA'". La Repubblica. Retrieved 22 February 2012.