Monella (titled Frivolous Lola in the UK) is a 1998 Italian comedy-erotic film directed by Tinto Brass.
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Directed by | Tinto Brass |
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Produced by | Giovanni Bertolucci |
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Cinematography | Massimo Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Tinto Brass |
Music by | Pino Donaggio |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Budget | $2, 400,000 |
Plot
editLola (Anna Ammirati) is the teenage daughter of widow Zaira (Serena Grandi) living in a small Po Valley town (filming location is the comune of Pomponesco and Dosolo)[1] in the 1950s. She is engaged to young Masetto (Max Parodi credited as Mario Parodi), who firmly believes in girls' virginity before marriage. They are soon to get married, but she is very much intrigued by sex, and further provoked by the antics of her libertine stepfather André (Patrick Mower), but Lola's approaches to Masetto for premarital sex jeopardise her relationship with him.
Cast
edit- Anna Ammirati as Lola
- Patrick Mower as André
- Max Parodi as Masetto
- Susanna Martinková as Michelle
- Antonio Salines as Pepè
- Francesca Nunzi as Wilma
- Vittorio Attene as Ginetto
- Laura Trotter as Carmelina
- Carlo Reali as Toni
- Maurizio Prudenzi as Remo
- Edith Rozanyai as Carla
- Alberto Capone as Gildo
- Serena Grandi as Zaira
- Tinto Brass as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
References
editExternal links
edit- Monella at IMDb
- Monella at AllMovie
- Monella at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- Monella at Rotten Tomatoes