| My First Forty Years | |
|---|---|
 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Carlo Vanzina |
| Written by | Carlo Vanzina Enrico Vanzina |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
| Edited by | Jacques Gaillard Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Umberto Smaila |
| Production companies | C.G. Silver Film Rete Italia |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Italia |
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| Language | Italian |
My First Forty Years (Italian: I miei primi 40 anni, also known as My Wonderful Life) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Carol Alt, Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Marina Ripa Di Meana.
Plot
Italy late 1980s. Determined not to remain an unknown woman, Marina gives rise to fame going from one room to another bed, from one scandal to another. She married a penniless duke then loves a journalist, an artist and a politician.
Cast
- Carol Alt as Marina Caracciolo
- Elliott Gould as Nino Ranuzzi
- Jean Rochefort as Prince Riccio
- Pierre Cosso as Duke Massimiliano Caracciolo Villalta
- Capucine as Princess Caracciolo Villalta
- Teo Teocoli as Franco Bonetti
- Isabel Russinova as Doris Caetani
- Paola Quattrini as Marina's Mother
- Riccardo Garrone as Marina's Father
- Sebastiano Somma as Rodolfo Merisi
- Massimo Venturiello as Roberto D'Angelo
- Giuseppe Pambieri as Carlo Donati Dadda
- Martine Brochard as Marquise Caetani
- Carlo Monni as The Proprietor
References
- ^ "I miei primi 40 anni (1987)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. ISBN 8820029197.
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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