''Amarsi un po'' (English: "To Love a Little") is a 1984 Italian
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film co-written and directed by
Carlo Vanzina
Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina.
In English-speaki ...
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Plot
Cristiana is a young and beautiful princess in Rome, bored by her life and her traditional parents. Marco is a young electrician and the son of a news agent. The two meet due to a minor car accident; they like each other and decide to be together despite the differences in class. Soon a great love is born, but in the long run the misunderstandings due to the different social background prevail: on the occasion of a holiday with some friends of the girl, the differences in style and behavior are highlighted, also due to the presence of an old flame of Cristiana.
The two break up, and she plans a wedding with the wealthy French nobleman Felix Rothschild. But the love between Marco and Cristiana did not fade or die. Marco, having learned of Cristiana's imminent wedding, leaves by car from Rome to Paris; he falls asleep while driving and collides with a truck. Meanwhile, Cristiana gets married but when she is departing for her honeymoon, she reads in the newspaper about Marco's accident, leaves her husband and goes to the hospital, choosing to return to the boy.
Cast
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Claudio Amendola
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Biography
Born in Rome and the son of actors and ...
: Marco Coccia
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Tahnee Welch
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Biography
Welch was born on December 26, 1961, in San Diego, California, the daughter of actress Raquel ...
: Princess Cristiana Cellini
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* Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress
* Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter
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: Princess Marisa Cellini
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Riccardo Garrone: Prince Cellini
*: Prince Ugo Cellini
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Mario Brega
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: Augusto Coccia
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Rossana Di Lorenzo
Rossana Di Lorenzo (4 March 1938 – 13 August 2022) was an Italian film actress.
Life and career
Born in Rome, the sister of actor Maurizio Arena, she debuted in a main role in 1970, playing Alberto Sordi's wife in a segment of the antholo ...
: Maria Coccia
*: The neighbor
*: marquis Ludovico Brunelli
*: marchesina Brunelli
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Nicoletta Elmi
Nicoletta Elmi (born 13 February 1964) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in many films in the 1970s as a child actress, but also appeared in several roles in adulthood in the 1980s.
Career
She is best known for (but was not limited to) a s ...
: Amanda Orselli
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Mario Brega
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...
: Augusto Coccia
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Rossana Di Lorenzo
Rossana Di Lorenzo (4 March 1938 – 13 August 2022) was an Italian film actress.
Life and career
Born in Rome, the sister of actor Maurizio Arena, she debuted in a main role in 1970, playing Alberto Sordi's wife in a segment of the antholo ...
: Maria Coccia
*: Micione
See also
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List of Italian films of 1984
A list of films produced in Italy in 1984 (see 1984 in film):
External linksItalian films of 1984
at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1984
Lists of Italian films by year, 1984
1984 in Italian cinema, Films
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References
External links
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1984 films
Italian romantic comedy films
1984 romantic comedy films
Films directed by Carlo Vanzina
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films
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