Lovers and Liars
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| Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists[1][2] |
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Running time | 120 min. |
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| Language | Italian |
Lovers and Liars (Viaggio con Anita) is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini. It is Hawn's only foreign film.[3] It was released in the United States in February 1981.
Plot
[edit]Anita (Hawn) is an American actress who decides to vacation in Rome. There, she becomes involved in a romance with her friend's married lover Guido (Giannini).
Cast
[edit]- Goldie Hawn as Anita
- Giancarlo Giannini as Guido Massacesi
- Claudine Auger as Elisa Massacesi
- Aurore Clément as Cora
- Laura Betti as Laura
- Andréa Ferréol as Noemi
- Renzo Montagnani as Teo
- Franca Tamantini as Oriana Massacesi
- Gino Santercole as Tonino, the truck driver
- Lorraine de Selle as Gennifer
Critical reception
[edit]In his review of the film in The New York Times, Herbert Mitgang wrote that "the love scenes, which more or less is what this crazy, mixed up plot aims to be leading up to, lack any redeeming social value," that the writers "seem to have made up this script as they went along," that "there are inexplicable sudden cuts, as the plot wavers between the absurd and the serious," and that the film "doesn't really deserve its R rating, unless the phrase is added, For immature adults only."[4] Film critic Gene Siskel reported that "this film is full of stupid slapstick and badly done dubbing," and that it was "a total waste of time."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Viaggio con Anita (1978)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Lovers and Liars (1978)". UniFrance. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Hollywood's Goldie Age". Sacramento Bee. June 14, 1992. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ Mitgang, Herbert. "Unmatched Couple in 'Lovers and Liars'". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Siskel, Gene. "Time Bandits, The Woman Next Door, Man of Iron, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, 1981". Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews. Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
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