Adua and Her Friends (1960)

Original title

Adua e le compagne

Directed by

Antonio Pietrangeli

Genre

drama film, comedy film, comedy drama

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After a new law forces their brothel to close, four prostitutes pool their savings to open a restaurant. They try to build a new life and make an honest living, but face challenges from their past and the society around them.

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What happens

Adua and Her Friends (Italian: Adua e le compagne), also known as Hungry For Love, is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and Tullio Pinelli. The movie is about four prostitutes who start a restaurant after their brothel is shut down by the Merlin law, which made brothels illegal in Italy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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