Of Wayward Love (1962)

Original title

L'amore difficile

Directed by

Luciano Lucignani, Sergio Sollima, Alberto Bonucci, Nino Manfredi

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four short stories about love and betrayal in Italy. Each episode follows different characters as they navigate romantic complications and deceptions.

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What happens

Of Wayward Love (Italian: L'amore difficile), also known as Sex Can Be Difficult, is a 1962 Italian comedy anthology film directed by Alberto Bonucci, Sergio Sollima, Nino Manfredi and Luciano Lucignani. The film represents the directorial debut of the four authors, who were however all experienced in other areas of the film industry (Manfredi and Bonucci as actors, Lucignani and Sollima as writers). The four episodes are based on short stories by well-known Italian novelists ( Mario Soldati, Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino and Ercole Patti) and share the themes of love and betrayal. The film was co-produced with West Germany where it was released with the title Schwierige Liebe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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