''Guardami'' is a 1999 Italian drama film written and directed by Davide Ferrario. The film premiered at the

56th Venice International Film Festival The 56th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 1999. The Golden Lion was awarded to '' Yi ge dou bu neng shao'' directed by Zhang Yimou. Jury The following people comprised the 1999 jury: * Emir Kusturica ...

. It is loosely based on the life of Moana Pozzi. ''Guardami'' features some explicit sex scenes that caused a slight controversy at the time.

Cast

Elisabetta Cavallotti Elisabetta is an Italian feminine given name related to Elizabeth. * Elisabetta Artuso (born 1974), Italian former middle distance runner * Elisabetta Barbato (1921–2014), Italian operatic soprano * Elisabetta Casellati (born 1946), Italian poli ...

: Nina *

Stefania Orsola Garello Stefania Orsola Garello (born 31 December 1963) is an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Arcisate, Varese into a family of Piedmontese origins, Garello spent a large part of her adolescence in the United State ...

: Cristiana *

Flavio Insinna Flavio Insinna (born 3 July 1965) is an Italian actor and television presenter. He is the current host of ''L'eredità''. He is also known for having hosted ''Affari Tuoi'', the Italian version of '' Deal or No Deal'' between 2006 and 2008 and t ...

: Flavio * Gianluca Gobbi: Dario * Claudio Spadaro: Baroni * Luigi Diberti: Castellani * Angelica Ippolito: Nina's mother * Yorgo Voyagis: Nina's father * Antonello Grimaldi: Joe * Luca Damiano: himself * Vladimir Luxuria: presenter

Production

It was

herself who chose the actor with whom to shoot the unsimulated fellatio scene. "I chose Alex Mantegna because he wasn't too endowed. He was kind, but when I explained why I wanted him, he was offended", she said. The scene in which

performs on stage was not shot in the studio but directly during an erotic event called Mi Sex. The audience and the guys who takes the stage are not extras but normal people who were there for the event. They did not know that a movie was being made and Cavallotti behaved like one of the many performers who went up on stage to perform, between the eyes (and hands) of the audience.

said she thought that if she had a boyfriend, she wouldn't have done the movie, because, "I wouldn't be able to go back to him, after having been naked among the naked bodies of men and women, after having taken strangers' dicks in my mouth, having had who knows how many hands on me."

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* 1999 films 1990s Italian-language films Films about pornography Films about cancer 1990s erotic drama films Italian erotic drama films Films directed by Davide Ferrario 1999 drama films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-drama-film-stub