''Time for Loving'' (released in Italy as ''Sapore di mare'') is a 1983

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directed by

Carlo Vanzina Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina. In English-speakin ...

. It obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living subgenre of revival-nostalgic comedy films. It also generated a sequel, '' Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo''. For her performance in this film

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won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a

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in the same category.

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The film is set in the Sixties, in the Tuscan beach of

Forte dei Marmi Forte dei Marmi () is a sea town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany (Italy). It is the birthplace of Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Queen of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013. Tourism is the principal activity 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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Jerry Calà Calogero Alessandro Augusto Calà, known by his stage name Jerry Calà (born 28 June 1951), is an Italian actor, filmmaker, comedian and singer who has written, directed, and acted in multiple film and television projects. He is considered one of ...

: Luca *

Christian De Sica Christian De Sica (; born 5 January 1951) is an Italian actor and film director. Life De Sica was born in Rome the second son of Italian director Vittorio De Sica and Spanish actress María Mercader. His first cousin once removed was Ramón ...

: Felicino *

Isabella Ferrari Isabella Ferrari (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of Isabella Fogliazza, is an Italian actress of television, theatre and the cinema. She is best known as the protagonist, ''Commissioner Giovanna Scalise'' in the police dram ...

: Selvaggia *

Marina Suma Marina Suma (born 14 November 1959) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Naples, Suma started her career as a glamour model, and made her film debut in Salvatore Piscicelli's '' Le occasioni di Rosa''. For her performance in this fil ...

: Marina *

: Adriana *

Karina Huff Carrina "Karina" Huff (21 January 1961 – 18 April 2016) was a British actress, showgirl and television personality, mainly active in Italy. Life and career Born in London, Huff was first known in Italy as a showgirl in the Rai 2 variety show ...

: Susan *

Angelo Cannavacciuolo Angelo Cannavacciuolo (born July 17, 1956 in Naples) is an Italian writer and director. Cannavacciuolo was born in Naples. He studied Arabic at the Oriental Institute. Originally a successful actor, he also wrote and directed plays before going ...

: Paolo *

Gianni Ansaldi Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian. People with this given name * Gianni Agnelli (in ...

: Gianni *

Giorgia Fiorio Giorgia Fiorio (born 23 July 1967, in Turin) is a photographer, artist, and essayist from Turin, Italy. As a teenager, she was a pop singer, and performed at the San Remo Festival. At age twenty, she decided she wanted to be a photographer. She ...

: Giorgia

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* 1983 comedy films 1983 films Films directed by Carlo Vanzina Films set in 1964 Films set in Tuscany Italian comedy films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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