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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
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Title: The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

Release Date: 10 Feb 1966

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Dear Film, Les Films du Siècle

Production Companies: Dear Film, Les Films du Siècle

Overview: An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair. In the second, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them. In the third, men of the town all seduce a promiscuous teenager, but her father eventually reveals that she is underage, and they face prosecution for statutory rape.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.115 (65 votes)

Cast

  • Milena Zulian: Virna Lisi
  • Osvaldo Bisigato: Gastone Moschin
  • Gilda Bisigato: Nora Ricci
  • Toni Gasparini: Alberto Lionello
  • Ippolita Gasparini: Olga Villi
  • Noemi Castellan: Beba Lončar
  • Lino Benedetti: Franco Fabrizi
  • Giacinto Castellan: Gigi Ballista
  • Betty Scodeler: Gia Sandri
  • Giovanni Soligo: Quinto Parmeggiani
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