My Father's Private Secretary

1976 comedy film
  • 26 December 1976 (1976-12-26)
CountryItalyLanguageItalian

My Father's Private Secretary (Italian: La segretaria privata di mio padre) is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti and starring Maria Rosaria Omaggio and Renzo Montagnani.[1][2]

Plot

Cast

  • Maria Rosaria Omaggio as Luisa
  • Renzo Montagnani as Armando Ponziani
  • Stefano Patrizi as Franco Ponziani
  • Anita Strindberg as Ingrid
  • Aldo Massasso as Dottor Mingozzi
  • Rina Franchetti as Domestica
  • Sophia Lombardo as Olivia
  • Giuliana Calandra as Ersilia Ponziani
  • Enzo Cannavale as Giuseppe
  • Alvaro Vitali as Oscar

Production

The film is a loose remake of Goffredo Alessandrini's Telefoni Bianchi film The Private Secretary.[1]

Release

The film was released in Italian cinemas by Titanus on 26 December 1976.[1]

Reception

In Italy, the film was a hit, grossing over 800 million lira.[1] Corriere della Sera film critic Giovanna Grassi described it as a pochade filled with stereotypes, which "depicts women as prostitutes, nymphomaniacs, or sleazy social climbers, and degrades the Italian man to a macchietta [caricature] of his worst flaws".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Giusti, Marco (2019). "La segretaria privata di mio padre". Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy. Bloodbuster edizioni. pp. 415–6. ISBN 978-88-943385-3-9.
  2. ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico. "Il vizio di famiglia". Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
  3. ^ Grassi, Giovanna (25 April 1977). "Pochade all'italiana". Corriere della Sera. p. 15.
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