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Metti una sera a cena (1969)

Metti una sera a cena poster
Original title
Metti, una sera a cena
Directed by
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Genre
drama film, comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Italy
Runtime
2h 05m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy couple invites a friend for dinner, leading to a night of shifting desires and confrontations. The evening unravels their relationships and explores a new openness about casual sex.

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What happens

Metti, una sera a cena (a.k.a. "Love Circle", literally "Let's Say, an Evening for Dinner") is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. The film was described as "a bourgeois comedy that trespassed conventional moral limits and presented a picture of—and encouraged—a new freedom of casual sexual relations." Florinda Bolkan received a Targa d'oro and a Grolla d'oro for her performance in the film, while Ennio Morricone won the Nastro d'argento for the best original soundtrack in 1970. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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