My First Forty Years (Italian: I miei primi 40 anni, also known as My Wonderful Life) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Carol Alt, Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Marina Ripa Di Meana.[2][3]
| My First Forty Years | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Carlo Vanzina |
| Written by | Carlo Vanzina Enrico Vanzina |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
| Edited by | Jacques Gaillard Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Umberto Smaila |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Italia[1] |
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| Language | Italian |
Plot
editItaly late 1980s. Determined not to remain an unknown woman, Marina gives rise to fame going from one room to another bed, from one scandal to another. She married a penniless duke then loves a journalist, an artist and a politician.
Cast
edit- Carol Alt as Marina Caracciolo
- Elliott Gould as Nino Ranuzzi
- Jean Rochefort as Prince Riccio
- Pierre Cosso as Duke Massimiliano Caracciolo Villalta
- Capucine as Princess Caracciolo Villalta
- Teo Teocoli as Franco Bonetti
- Isabel Russinova as Doris Caetani
- Paola Quattrini as Marina's Mother
- Riccardo Garrone as Marina's Father
- Sebastiano Somma as Rodolfo Merisi
- Massimo Venturiello as Roberto D'Angelo
- Giuseppe Pambieri as Carlo Donati Dadda
- Martine Brochard as Marquise Caetani
- Carlo Monni as The Proprietor
References
edit- ^ a b c "I miei primi 40 anni (1987)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. ISBN 8820029197.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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