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Duck in Orange Sauce (1975)

Duck in Orange Sauce poster
Original title
L'anatra all'arancia
Directed by
Luciano Salce
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
e 14
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy couple's relationship is tested by an affair. They negotiate their marriage with wit and clever conversations.

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What happens

Duck in Orange Sauce (Italian: L'anatra all'arancia) is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce from a screenplay by Bernardino Zapponi, based on the 1968 play The Secretary Bird by William Douglas-Home (adapted in French by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon). For this film, Monica Vitti was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and with a Silver Ribbon in the same category. The film is named for the culinary dish duck à l'orange. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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