''Sunday Lovers'' is a 1980
internationally co-produced romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typic ...
film directed by
Bryan Forbes
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,
Gene Wilder
Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He is known mainly for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in '' Willy W ...
,
Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of '' commedia all'italiana''.
Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an ...
and
Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Biography
He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde.
He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès ('' Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ''My Uncle Benja ...
. It stars
Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 192723 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 1 ...
, Gene Wilder,
Priscilla Barnes
Priscilla Anne Barnes (born December 7, 1952) is an American actress.["Priscilla Barnes"](_blank)
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,
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English actress. She won two Golden Globe Awards throughout her career.
A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. B ...
,
Denholm Elliott
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor, with more than 125 film and television credits. His well-known roles include the abortionist in '' Alfie'' (1966), Marcus Brody in '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1 ...
and
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan Abbott (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel '' I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,'' and her Golden ...
.
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081591/ ] It is split into four segments, each from a different country (Britain, France, the United States and Italy).
The film was released in Italy in October 1980 and in America in early 1981 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists.
Cast
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Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 192723 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 1 ...
... Harry Lindon (segment "An Englishman's Home")
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Lino Ventura
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor who grew up in France and starred in many French films. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first caree ...
... François Quérole (segment "The French Method")
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Priscilla Barnes
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... Donna (segment "An Englishman's Home")
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Gene Wilder
Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He is known mainly for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in '' Willy W ...
... Skippy (segment "Skippy")
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Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English actress. She won two Golden Globe Awards throughout her career.
A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. B ...
... Lady Davina (segment "An Englishman's Home")
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Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan Abbott (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel '' I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,'' and her Golden ...
... Laurie (segment "Skippy")
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Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Early life
Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk fo ...
... Armando (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Catherine Salviat ... Christine (segment "The French Method")
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Liù Bosisio
Liù Bosisio (born Luigia Bosisio Mauri; 30 January 1936), is an Italian actress and voice actress.
Biography
Bosisio was born in Milan in the end of January 1936. From 1953 to 1955, She attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in her hometown ...
... Anna (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Denholm Elliott
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor, with more than 125 film and television credits. His well-known roles include the abortionist in '' Alfie'' (1966), Marcus Brody in '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1 ...
... Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home")
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Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina (; born Silvija Košćina, ; 22 August 1933 – 26 December 1994) was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in ''Hercules'' (1958) and ''Hercules Unchain ...
... Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Beba Lončar
Desanka "Beba" Lončar ( Serbian Cyrillic: Десанка „Беба“ Лончар; born 28 April 1943) is a former Yugoslav film actress. She appeared in 52 films between 1960 and 1982. She was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Known for her film ca ...
... Marisa (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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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 in the Italian colony of Libya. She spent her fi ...
... Clara (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Milena Vukotic
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Biography
Vukotic was born in Rome, to a Serb Montenegrin comedy playwright father and an Italian pianist/ composer mothe ...
... Nora (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Robert Webber
Robert Laman Webber (October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in dozens of films and television series, roles that included Juror No. 12 in the 1957 film '' 12 Angry Men''.
Early life
Webber was born in Santa Ana ...
... Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
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George Hillsden ... (segment "An Englishman's Home")
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Adelita Requena ... (segment "The French Method")
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Tommy Duggan
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Duggan's early ...
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Pierre Douglas ... Levègue (segment "The French Method")
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Michèle Montel
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Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...
... Michèle Perrin (segment "The French Method")
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Madeleine Barbulée
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Selected filmography
* ''Métier de fous'' (1948)
* '' Les Casse Pieds'' (1948) - ...
... Mamie (segment "The French Method")
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Gino Da Ronch ... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Lory Del Santo
Loredana "Lory" Del Santo (born 28 September 1958) is an Italian television personality and actress, now retired.
Early life
Lory Del Santo was born Loredana Del Santo on 28 September 1958, in Povegliano Veronese, a ''comune'' in the Ital ...
... (segment "Armando's Notebook") (as Loredana Del Santo)
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Gianfilippo Carcano ... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Vittorio Zarfati
Vittorio is an Italian male given name which has roots from the Byzantine-Bulgarian name Victor.
People with the given name Vittorio include:
* Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, pretender to the former Kingdom of Italy
* Vittorio Adorni, pro ...
... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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María Teresa Lombardo ... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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Dianne Crittenden ... Maggie (segment "Skippy")
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Luis Ávalos ... (segment "Skippy")
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Randolph Dobbs Randolph may refer to:
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* Randolph, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Randolph, Arizona, a populated place
* Randolph, California, a village merged into the city of Brea
* Randolph, Illinois, an unincorporated commu ...
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Catherine Spaak
Catherine Spaak (3 April 1945 – 17 April 2022) was a French-born Italian actress and singer who acted in mostly in Italian films with some Hollywood and international productions. She is best known for her roles in the films '' Il Sorpasso'' ( ...
... Carletta, the psychoanalyst (segment "Armando's Notebook")
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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
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1943 births
Living people
Italian male film actors
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... Husband of Woman Next Door (segment "Armando's Notebook") (uncredited)
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1980 films
1980 romantic comedy films
1980s English-language films
Films directed by Bryan Forbes
Films directed by Dino Risi
Films directed by Édouard Molinaro
Films directed by Gene Wilder
Films scored by Manuel De Sica
Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
Films with screenplays by Gene Wilder
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
British sex comedy films
British anthology films
American sex comedy films
American anthology films
French sex comedy films
French anthology films
Italian sex comedy films
Italian anthology films
1980s American films
1980s British films
1980s Italian films
1980s French films
Films with screenplays by Francis Veber
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