Signore & Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians) (1965)
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Pietro Germi's funny anthology combines the standard sex comedy format with some unexpectedly subtle observations about village life. The film centers on three stories exposing the sexual secrets of the Italian town of Treviso. Toni Gasparini (Alberto Lionello) pretends to be impotent in order… More Pietro Germi's funny anthology combines the standard sex comedy format with some unexpectedly subtle observations about village life. The film centers on three stories exposing the sexual secrets of the Italian town of Treviso. Toni Gasparini (Alberto Lionello) pretends to be impotent in order to wrangle an illicit affair with his doctor's wife. Bank clerk Osvaldo Bisigato (Gastone Moschin) leaves his shrewish wife (Nora Ricci) to move in with his mistress Milena (Virna Lisi), a cafe cashier, but Treviso's jealous husbands unite to cost the lovers their jobs and have them arrested. Meanwhile, most of the village's men are busy seducing a promiscuous teenager (Patrizia Valturri), whose father eventually reveals that she is underage. Franco Fabrizi, Beba Loncar, and cult filmmaker Giulio Questi are among the cast, and Carlo Rustichelli provided the score. Signore e Signori won the Best Film award at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Pietro Germi
- Written By
- Pietro Germi, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1965 Wide
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Cast
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Gastone Moschin
as Osvaldo Bisigato
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Virna Lisi
as Milena Zulian
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Alberto Lionello
as Toni Gasparini
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Olga Villi
as Ippolita Gasparini
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Beba Loncar
as Noemi Castellan
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Nora Ricci
as Gilda Bisgato
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Franco Fabrizi
as Lino Bebedetti
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Gigi Ballista
as Giancinato Castellan
- Virgilio Gazzolo
