Time for Loving

1983 Italian film
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
92 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

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]

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.

Cast

  • Jerry Calà: Luca
  • Christian De Sica: Felicino
  • Isabella Ferrari: Selvaggia
  • Marina Suma: Marina
  • Virna Lisi: Adriana
  • Karina Huff: Susan
  • Angelo Cannavacciuolo: Paolo
  • Gianni Ansaldi: Gianni
  • Giorgia Fiorio: Giorgia

See also

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.

External links

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