Underplayed Gems

Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)

Let's Hope It's a Girl poster
Original title
Speriamo che sia femmina
Directed by
Mario Monicelli
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
2h
Rated
T
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 71 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A divorced former aristocrat runs her family's villa in the Tuscan countryside with help from her female relatives. Their daily lives get disrupted when her ex-husband returns with a plan to renovate the property.

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What happens

Let's Hope It's a Girl (Italian: Speriamo che sia femmina) is a 1986 comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It stars Liv Ullmann, Catherine Deneuve, Giuliana De Sio, Philippe Noiret, Giuliano Gemma, Bernard Blier, Stefania Sandrelli, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Paolo Hendel and Athina Cenci. The film follows a former aristocrat who, after her divorce, runs the family villa in Tuscany with the help of her female relatives. The family's lives are thrown into turmoil when the matriarch's ex-husband suddenly returns with a renovation project. The film earned Monicelli a David di Donatello for Best Director and a Nastro d'Argento in the same category. It also won David di Donatello Awards for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress (Cenci), Best Supporting Actor (Blier), Best Producer, Best Editing and Best Script. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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