Tenderly (internationally released as The Girl Who Couldn't Say No, also known as Il suo modo di fare) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Brusati.[1] It was referred as "a successful attempt to refresh the American sophisticated comedy with themes and sensibilities of today"[2] and its style was compared to Frank Capra's.[2][3]
| The Girl Who Couldn't Say No | |
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| Directed by | Franco Brusati |
| Written by | Franco Brusati Ennio De Concini |
| Starring | Virna Lisi George Segal Lila Kedrova Paola Pitagora Akim Tamiroff |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Franco Arcalli |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
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| Country | Italy |
Plot
editCast
edit- Virna Lisi : Yolanda
- George Segal : Franco
- Lila Kedrova : Yolanda's Mother
- Akim Tamiroff : Uncle Egidio
- Paola Pitagora : Widow
- Mario Brega : Cripple
- Riccardo Billi : Salesman
- Anne Cumming : Franco's mother[5]
Production
editIt was known during shooting as Runaround.[6]
References
edit- ↑ Kevin Thomas (March 27, 1970). "'Girl Couldn't Say No' Playing Citywide Run". Los Angeles Times.
- 1 2 Enrico Giacovelli. Un secolo di cinema italiano, 1900-1999: Dalle origini agli anni Sessanta. Lindau, 2002. ISBN 8871804120.
- ↑ Centro sperimentale di cinematografia, B & N, Volume 30, Società Gestione Editoriali, 1969.
- ↑ Turner Classic Movies plot overview
- ↑ Richard Davenport-Hines, ‘Cumming, (Felicity) Anne (1917–1993)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 accessed 11 April 2017
- ↑ Strike Halts George Segal Movie Dorothy Manners:. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 16 Mar 1968: D10.
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