''Sex Diary'' () is a 1976 Italian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by . It is based on a novel written by .

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Renzo Montagnani Renzo Montagnani (11 September 1930 – 22 May 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema succes ...

as Luca Reali *

Rossana Podestà Rossana Podestà (born Carla Dora Podestà; 20 June 1934 – 10 December 2013) was an Italian actress who worked mainly in Italy from the 1950s to the 1970s. Biography Podestà was born in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli in the Italian colony of Italia ...

as Serena *

John Ireland John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in New York City, he came to prominence with film audiences for his supporting roles i ...

as Mr. Milton * Sherry Buchanan as Jennifer Milton *

Giuseppe Anatrelli Giuseppe Anatrelli (3 January 1925 – 29 November 1981), also known as Geppino Anatrelli, was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Born in Naples, he was part of the Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo OMRI (; 26 May 1900 – ...

as Lattanzi *

Franco Bracardi Franco Bracardi (16 May 1937 – 27 February 2005) was an Italian actor, composer, pianist and stand-up comedian. Born in Rome, during the first half of the fifties Bracardi began working as a jazz pianist in night clubs. In 1960 he became the p ...

as Adolfo *

Francesco D'Adda Francesco D'Adda (born 15 October 1943) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1970. Selected filmography References External links

* 1943 births Living people Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-ac ...

as Carluccio *

Daniele Formica Daniele Formica (10 June 1949 – 1 February 2011) was an Irish-born Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and television personality. Formica was best known for portraying comical characters in various Italian comedy films in ...

as 'Tondino' Novati *Patrizia De Clara as Luca's sister *

Ugo Fangareggi Ugo Fangareggi (30 January 1938 – 20 October 2017) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Genoa, Fangareggi worked as a dental technician when in 1961 he was noticed by Luigi Squarzina who chose him to act in the play ''Ciascuno a suo ...

as 'Gandhi', Luca's brother-in-law *Giuseppe Maffioli as Beppo *Loretta Persichetti as Marisa *

Salvatore Puntillo Salvatore Puntillo (27 July 1935 – 14 July 2024) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Rende, in the province of Cosenza, Puntillo left his law studies to enroll at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammati ...

as Policeman *

Giacomo Rizzo Giacomo Rizzo (born 17 January 1939) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 1970. He starred in '' The Family Friend'', which was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Il sindacalis ...

as Luca's friend * Gabriele Tinti as Luca's friend *

Venantino Venantini Venantino Venantini (17 April 1930 – 9 October 2018) was an Italian film actor.Patrizia Webley Patrizia Webley (born and sometimes credited as Patrizia De Rossi, 1 December 1950) is an Italian actress. She acted mainly in horror films and erotic films. Career She began her career as an actress in Italian erotic comedies in 1975 with the ...

as Nicole, Lattanzi's wife

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The film is an adaptation from Nantas Salvalaggio's 1968 novel ''Il letto in piazza'', itself loosely based on real events that occurred in

Cerano Cerano (''Sciarön'' in lombard) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Novara. Cerano borders the following municipalities: Abbiategrass ...

, Piedmont. The novel had previously been considered for a film project by

Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman (; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as , was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important producti ...

. The film was produced by R.R.International. It was shot between

Salò Salò (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia in the region of Lombardy (northern Italy) on the banks of Lake Garda, on which it has the longest promenade. The city was the Governance#Seat of government, seat of government of th ...

and Palatino Studios in Rome.

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* 1976 films Italian comedy films 1976 comedy films Films based on Italian novels Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Films directed by Bruno Gaburro 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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