Time for Loving (released in Italy as Sapore di mare) is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living subgenre of revival-nostalgic comedy films.[1][2] It also generated a sequel, Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo.[3] For her performance in this film Virna Lisi won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category.[4]

Time for Loving
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by	Carlo Vanzina
Written by	Enrico Vanzina Carlo Vanzina
Starring	Jerry Calà Christian De Sica
Cinematography	Beppe Maccari
Edited by	Raimondo Crociani
Music by	Edoardo Vianello Mariano Perrella
Release date	1983 (1983)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot summary

The film is set in the Sixties, in the Tuscan beach of Forte dei Marmi. A group of young friends spends their holidays at the sea. One of them has a girlfriend, but she loves another man, while his brother is with a beautiful American girl, but he prefers another woman. Finally, a shy student falls in love with an older woman. The end of the movie is a fast-forward in which the same friends gather together after twenty years; however, they are sad because everything is different in their life.

Cast

• Jerry Calà: Luca
• Christian De Sica: Felicino
• Isabella Ferrari: Selvaggia
• Marina Suma: Marina
• Virna Lisi: Adriana
• Karina Huff: Susan
• Angelo Cannavacciuolo: Paolo
• Gianni Ansaldi: Gianni
• Giorgia Fiorio: Giorgia

See also

• List of Italian films of 1983

References

External links

• Time for Loving at IMDb

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