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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1967)
An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.
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An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Luciano Vincenzoni, Pietro Germi, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli
In Theaters:8/7/1967
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Runtime:115 minutes
Studio:Dear Film, Les Films du Siècle
Cast
Pietro Germi
Director
Virna Lisi
Milena Zulian
Gastone Moschin
Osvaldo Bisigato
Nora Ricci
Gilda Bisigato
Alberto Lionello
Toni Gasparini
Olga Villi
Ippolita Gasparini
Beba Lončar
Noemi Castellan
Franco Fabrizi
Lino Benedetti
Gigi Ballista
Giacinto Castellan
Gia Sandri
Betty Scodeler
Quinto Parmeggiani
Giovanni Soligo
Moira Orfei
Giorgetta Casellato
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