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Perché non facciamo l'amore?

  • 1981
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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Barbara Bouchet and Renzo Montagnani in Perché non facciamo l'amore? (1981)
Comedy

Dr Livi prescribes rest periods for clients who are tired of married life, so that they can live their extramarital adventures in peace.Dr Livi prescribes rest periods for clients who are tired of married life, so that they can live their extramarital adventures in peace.Dr Livi prescribes rest periods for clients who are tired of married life, so that they can live their extramarital adventures in peace.

  • Director
    • Maurizio Lucidi
  • Writers
    • Sandro Continenza
    • Francisco Lara Polop
  • Stars
    • Barbara Bouchet
    • Renzo Montagnani
    • Antonio Ferrandis
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
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    • Director
      • Maurizio Lucidi
    • Writers
      • Sandro Continenza
      • Francisco Lara Polop
    • Stars
      • Barbara Bouchet
      • Renzo Montagnani
      • Antonio Ferrandis
    • 1User review
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    Barbara Bouchet
    Barbara Bouchet
    • Manuela & Diana Robelli
    Renzo Montagnani
    Renzo Montagnani
    • Dr. Bernardino Livi
    Antonio Ferrandis
    Antonio Ferrandis
    • Comm. Igino Robelli
    Manuel Gallardo
    Manuel Gallardo
    • Renato - chief of Robelli's security
    • (as Manolo Gallardo)
    Cinzia de Ponti
    Cinzia de Ponti
    • Irene - Renato's wife
    María Luisa Merlo
    María Luisa Merlo
    • Laura Battoni in Livi
    María Rubio
    Francisco Cecilio
    • Armando - Dr. Livi assistant
    • (as Francisco De Cecilio)
    Alfonso del Real
    Alfonso del Real
    • Client of dr. Livi
    Rossana Canghiari
    Luciano Zanussi
    Liliana Passaretti
    Giacomo Rizzo
    • Commissario G. Rizzo
    Liana Tabacchino
    • Dental Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Maurizio Lucidi
    • Writers
      • Sandro Continenza
      • Francisco Lara Polop
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    lazarillo

    For die-hard Barbara Bouchet fans only

    A married dentist is lured from his busy practice to make a house-call at a secluded estate by a sexy brunette (Barbara Bouchet). There he meets the woman's equally sexy blonde sister (also played by Bouchet)and her older brother-in-law who enlists him in a hare-brained scheme to convince his wife to take up abstinence so that he has more energy for his young mistress (Cinzia Di Ponti). You heard that right--he wants to NOT have sex with Barbara Bouchet (although how a dentist is going to encourage abstinence is never adequately explained). The wife meanwhile has her own plans--she seduces the husband of the mistress (who is the estate's trigger-happy security guard), and with the help of the dentist tries to convince the younger couple to give up sex as well. Meanwhile, the dentist is trying to rendevouz with the brunette sister, but keeps being frustrated, not the least of which by a pair of vicious guard dogs. (This subplot and the presence of Bouchet are the only things that really justified this being sold as a sequel to the Sergio Martino comedy anthology "Sex with a Smile").

    Barbara Bouchet had been a Euro-trash mainstay for fifteen years by the time she made this, and she still looks very good. But while it's nice to see her throw herself into a comedy and take on two different roles, this kind of film just doesn't work too well when the lead actress (or in this case, the "two" lead actresses) does NOT do a nude scene. There is SOME nudity courtesy of DiPonti (aka Miss Italy 1979), but it's still disappointing that Bouchet is kept uncharacteristically under wraps. The plot is obviously pretty stupid, but I saw it on an Argentine videotape in Italian with Spanish subtitles so it didn't seem nearly as stupid as it would have been dubbed into English. I'd still really only recommend it for die-hard Bouchet fans though.

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1981 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • ¿Por qué no hacemos el amor?
    • Filming locations
      • Madrid, Spain
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      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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