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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

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