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| Italian | Sotto.. sotto.. strapazzato da anomala passione |
| Directed by | Lina Wertmüller |
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| Cinematography | Dante Spinotti |
| Edited by | Luigi Zitta |
| Music by | Paolo Conte |
| Production company | InterCapital |
| Distributed by | Compagnia Edizioni Internazionali Artistiche Distribuzione (CEIAD) |
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| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Softly, Softly (Italian: Sotto.. sotto.. strapazzato da anomala passione) (also known as Sotto... sotto) is a 1984 Italian comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Lina Wertmüller. The film was released in Italy on 1 March 1984.
Plot
Ester finds herself sexually attracted to her newly divorced friend Adele. When Ester admits another love to her hot-headed husband, he searches manically for the rival, who he never suspects is a woman.
Cast
- Enrico Montesano as Oscar
- Veronica Lario as Ester
- Luisa De Santis as Adele
- Massimo Wertmüller as Ginetto
- Mario Scarpetta as Amilcare
- Isa Danieli as Rosa
- Lella Fabrizi as Sora Ines
- Alfredo Bianchini as Il sacerdote
- Renato D'Amore as Mario
- Antonia Dell'Atte as Bellissima
- Giuseppe Cederna as Cinecittà actor
Reception
Critical response
- Blau, Robert (May 2, 1986). "'Sotto..Sotto' Blends Love, Lust, and Humor in an Unusual Afternoon". Chicago Tribune.
- Doyle, Thomas M. (February 14, 1986). "Sorta Sorta". The Harvard Crimson.
- Gollan, Donna (April 1986). "Sotto Sotto" (PDF). Broadside: A Feminist Review. Vol. 7, no. 6. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- Maslin, Janet (November 1, 1985). "Screen: Twosome in 'Sotto'". The New York Times. Section C. p. 32.
- Russell, Candice (July 11, 1986). "What is love without fidelity? For that..." Sun-Sentinel.
- Thomas, Kevin (January 29, 1986). "Movie Review: Heavy Hand Smothers 'Sotto'". Los Angeles Times.
References
- Poppi, Roberto (2000). Dizionario del Cinema Italiano: I Film vol. 5: Dal 1980 al 1989, M-Z. Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. ISBN 88-7742-429-X.
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- "Spettacoli: Prime visioni" (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). 1 March 1984. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "The Disorder of Things – A Lina Wertmüller Retrospective". Harvard Film Archive. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
Further reading
- O'Healy, Aine (1990). "Reframing Desire in Lina Wertmüller's Sotto...sotto" (PDF). Spectator. USC School of Cinematic Arts. pp. 46–57. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
External links
- Softly, Softly at IMDb
- Softly, Softly at the British Film Institute
- Sotto... sotto... strapazzato da anomala passione at Archivio del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Database)
- Sotto...sotto, VHS cover, Columbia Pictures, via notreCinéma
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