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Lovers and Other Relatives (1974)

Lovers and Other Relatives poster
Original title
Peccato veniale
Directed by
Salvatore Samperi
Genre
comedy film, coming-of-age film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the summer of 1956, a teenage boy named Sandro is put in charge of watching his older brother's attractive wife Laura during a family beach vacation. The film follows the awkward and flirtatious situations that arise from this arrangement.

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What happens

Lovers and Other Relatives, (Italian: Peccato veniale, also known as Venial Sin), is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Salvatore Samperi. During the family vacation in the summer of 1956 on the beaches of Versilia, pubescent Sandro is charged with looking after the attractive wife, Laura, of his elder brother Renzo. The movie was shot in Forte dei Marmi standing in for the coast of Versilia. It is set in 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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