THE PRIEST'S WIFE
by Dino Risi
synopsis
Discovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took the call and, much taken with him, she starts trying to date him. He in turn succumbs to her charms and they soon realise their major problem is his Holy vow of celibacy.
international title: | The Priest's Wife |
original title: | La moglie del prete |
country: | Italy, France |
year: | 1970 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dino Risi |
film run: | 103' |
release date: | IT 22/12/1970, FR 03/03/1971, DE 26/03/1971, FI 02/04/1971, SE 07/06/1971, DK 23/07/1971, HU 27/07/1972, TR 11/1973 |
screenplay: | Ruggero Maccari, Bernardino Zapponi |
cast: | Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Venantino Venantini, Jacques Stany, Pippo Starnazza, Augusto Mastrantoni, Giuseppe Maffioli, Miranda Campa, Gino Cavalieri, Dana Ghia |
cinematography by: | Alfio Contini |
film editing: | Alberto Gallitti |
art director: | Gianni Polidori |
costumes designer: | Gianni Polidori |
music: | Armando Trovajoli |
producer: | Carlo Ponti |
executive producer: | Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli |