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 | |
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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 |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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.
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