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Loves, Beds And Betrayals
''Loves, Beds and Betrayals'' () is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana film co-written and directed by Alfonso Brescia starring Marisa Mell and Don Backy. Plot Cast * Marisa Mell as Greta * Don Backy as Baldo * Ugo Bologna as Commendator Mordacchia * Sonia Viviani as Paola Mordacchia * Malisa Longo as Maria * Enzo Spitaleri as Giulietto * Franco Cremonini as Paola's fiancé * Aristide Caporale as Bastiano * Paola Maiolini as Mordacchia's Secretary * Riccardo Parisio Perrotti as Mordacchia's employee * Paola D'Egidio as Carla * Marcello Martana as Bastiano's friend Production The film was produced by Alexandra Film. It was shot in Sicily. Release The film was released in Italian cinemas starting from 24 March 1977. Reception ''Corriere della Sera'' film critic Maurizio Porro described the film as a meaningless farce, "lacking both malice and finesse", which "has the strength of a bad revue sketch from the 1950s". Italian film critic Marco Gius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Brescia
Alfonso Brescia (6 January 1930 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He began working in film against his father's wishes, and eventually directed his first film '' Revolt of the Praetorians'' in 1964. Brescia worked in several genres in the Italian film industry, including five science fiction films he directed following the release of ''Star Wars''. His work slowed down towards the late 1980s, and his last film ''Club Vacanze'' could not get distribution. Biography Alfonso Brescia was born in Rome on 6 January 1930. He was the son of a film producer and entered the film business against his father's will. His father had him work as a production driver, which involved getting up early to persuade him against entering the business which did not work. He began work as an assistant director as well as working in production offices, eventually directing his first film ''Revolt of the Praetorians'' in 1964. Following the release of ''Star Wars'', Brescia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Backy
Don Backy (born Aldo Caponi on 21 August 1939) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Santa Croce sull'Arno, Caponi spent his early years in Castellammare di Stabia before returning to his hometown in 1955.Bassignano, Ernesto; Lipari Felice (1990). "Don Backy". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. pp.575-6. In the late 1950s, particularly after watching the film ''Rock Around the Clock'', he became passionate of rock and roll and decided to pursue a musical career, founding the rock band Kiss. After self-producing several singles, mainly consisting of cover versions of American rock songs, in 1961 he started a professional career with the stage name Agaton. Thanks to the song "La storia di Frankie Ballan", inspired by American folk singers, Caponi attracted the interest of Adriano Celentano's record label Clan Celentano, that put him under contract. Adopted the stage name Don Backy, he soon became a prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Mell
Marisa Mell (born Marlies Theres Moitzi; 24 February 1939 – 16 May 1992) was an Austrian actress. Typecast as a femme fatale in European arthouse and genre films, she is best regarded for her performances as Eva Kant in Mario Bava's critically re-assessed '' Danger: Diabolik'' (1968), and the dual role of Susan Dumurrier/Monica Weston in Lucio Fulci's ''giallo'' '' One on Top of the Other'' (1969). After garnering popularity by appearing in such films as '' Venusberg'' (1963), '' French Dressing'' (1964), '' Masquerade'' (1965), '' Casanova 70'' (1965) and '' Secret Agent Super Dragon'' (1966), Mell's attempt to launch a Broadway and Hollywood career ended with the failure of her debut musical ''Mata Hari''. She settled in Italy, where her high-profile love life and long association with Pier Luigi Torri, a playboy who later became one of the world's most-wanted fugitives, made her familiar to readers of tabloid press stories about the European jet set and elite Roman nightclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Aquari
Giuseppe Aquari (1 January 1916 – 30 December 1982) was an Italian film cinematographer. Life and career Born in Rome into a noble family, Aquari studied as an engineer and then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating as an operator.Mario Bernardo. ''Aic, 40° Anniversario''. Associazione Italiana Autori della Fotografia Cinematografica, 1990. pp. 86-89. He began his film career in 1942, working as an operator in Luigi Chiarini's ''La locandiera''. After several years in which Aquari worked mainly for documentaries, in 1952 he made his debut as a cinematographer in the melodrama film '' Final Pardon''. From then he worked in dozens of films as well as in commercials and art documentaries. He died on 30 December 1982, shortly before undergoing a major surgery. Selected filmography * '' Final Pardon'' (1952) * ''Love and Troubles'' (1958) * ''The Hunchback of Rome'' (1960) * ''Le ambiziose'' (1961) * '' Congo vivo'' (1962) * '' The Changing of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commedia Sexy All'italiana
The ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as ''commedia scollacciata'' ("low-cut comedy") or ''commedia erotica all'italiana'', is a subgenre of the Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style ''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typically by both abundant female nudity and comedy, and by the minimal weight given to social criticism that was the basic ingredient of the main ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. Stories are often set in affluent environments such as wealthy households. It is closely connected to the sexual revolution, and it was something extremely new and innovative for that period. For the first time, films with female nudity could be watched at the cinema. Pornography and scenes of explicit sex were still forbidden in Italian cinemas, but partial nudity was somewhat tolerated. The genre has been described as a cross between bawdy comedy and humorous erotic film with ample slapstick elements which follows more or less c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Bologna
Ugo Bologna (11 September 1917 – 29 January 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Milan, the son of a municipal employee and a housewife, in 1936 Bologna started working as a primary school teacher, and in 1939 he attended the course for cadet officers in the former italian city of Pula. A lieutenant during World War II, he was wounded during a battle, and then received a bronze medal for military valor. In 1950 he decided to give up his teaching profession and devote himself to acting. After enrolling an acting course under Isabella Riva he made his stage debut with the Fantasio Piccoli's company. Even if mostly cast in character roles, Bologna was one of the most active actors in Italian cinema in 1970s and 1980s, usually in comedic roles. Active as a voice actor, in 1970 Bologna founded in Milan the dubbing company "CDM" (Cooperativa Doppiatori Milanesi). Death Bologna died of a heart attack on 29 January 1998 at the age of 80."L' attore Ugo B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Viviani
Sonia Viviani is a retired Italian actress and glamour model who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian exploitation cinema and two films of acclaim in Turkey in the 1970s. Film career Viviani met with cinema at an early age due to her father's work at Cinecittà and started her career in Pasquale Squitieri's '' Blood Brothers'' (1974). She met Tony Askin who became her agent and a plethora of roles followed. Her first role worthy of mention was in ''Un urlo dalle tenebre'' aka ''The Return of Exorcist'' by Franco lo Cascio in 1975. However, her first lead roles came with two Osman F. Seden films: ''Teşekkür Ederim Büyükanne'' (1975), an adaptation of Marino Girolami film '' Lover Boy'' and ''Delicesine'' (1976), an adaptation of Irving Wallace novel '' The Fan Club'' that featured Viviani with Kadir İnanır and Fikret Hakan, two prominent Turkish actors. Her later films from mid-1970s to 1980s covered many exploitation genres ranging from commedia sexy all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malisa Longo
Malisa Longo (born Maria Luisa Longo; 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer. Life and career Born Maria Luisa Longo in Venice, Italy, she moved to Rome at a young age where she started a career as a model. She entered the Miss Italia beauty contest, winning the Miss Cinema and Miss Lazio titles. After appearing in a number of commercials, she made her acting debut in 1968 in the Antonio Margheriti's Giallo, ''giallo'' film ''The Young, the Evil and the Savage''. She then appeared in other films, sometimes in main roles, and was especially active in the Nazi exploitation and ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' genres. She performed a cameo in Bruce Lee's film ''The Way of the Dragon''. Longo was directed three times by the master of Italian erotica, Tinto Brass, in films such as ''Salon Kitty (film), Salon Kitty'' (1976) and ''Miranda (1985 film), Miranda'' (1985), in which she played opposite Serena Grandi. She retired from acting in 1997. In 2000 she debuted as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corriere Della Sera
(; ) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023. First published on 5 March 1876, is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remained unchanged since its first edition in 1876. It reached a circulation of over 1 million under editor and co-owner Luigi Albertini between 1900 and 1925. He was a strong opponent of socialism, clericalism, and Giovanni Giolitti, who was willing to compromise with those forces during his time as prime minister of Italy. Albertini's opposition to the Italian fascist regime forced the other co-owners to oust him in 1925. A representative of the moderate bourgeoisie, has always been generally considered centre-right-leaning, hosting in its columns liberal and democratic Catholic views. In the 21st century, its main competitors are Rome's and Turin's . Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the country underwent a nationalization proc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Giusti
Marco Giusti (born 24 December 1953) is an Italian film critic, essayist, television writer and presenter. Life and career The son of a quaestor, Giusti was born in Grosseto and during his early years frequently moved following his father's employment commitments, living in Ferrara, Trapani, Ragusa, Sicily, Ragusa, Perugia, Trieste and Genoa. In 1974, he co-founded the film journal ''Il Falcome Maltese''. He started working at RAI in 1978, and he created a number of television programs, notably ''Blob'', ''Stracult'' and ''Cocktail d'amore'', also co-hosting some of them.Grasso, Aldo; Scaglioni, Massimo. "Giusti, Marco". ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, 1996 – 2003. p. 308. . He is the logtime film critic of the newspaper ''Il manifesto'' and of the magazine ''L'Espresso'', where he launched the first Italian column about criticism of commercials. Starting from 1983, he curated several retrospectives for the Venice Film Festival. He is author of numerous books, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commedia Sexy All'italiana
The ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as ''commedia scollacciata'' ("low-cut comedy") or ''commedia erotica all'italiana'', is a subgenre of the Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style ''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typically by both abundant female nudity and comedy, and by the minimal weight given to social criticism that was the basic ingredient of the main ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. Stories are often set in affluent environments such as wealthy households. It is closely connected to the sexual revolution, and it was something extremely new and innovative for that period. For the first time, films with female nudity could be watched at the cinema. Pornography and scenes of explicit sex were still forbidden in Italian cinemas, but partial nudity was somewhat tolerated. The genre has been described as a cross between bawdy comedy and humorous erotic film with ample slapstick elements which follows more or less c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Alfonso Brescia
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
