''Bosco d'amore'' (internationally released as ''Forest of Love'') is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by

Alberto Bevilacqua Alberto Bevilacqua (27 June 1934 – 9 September 2013) was an Italian writer and filmmaker. Leonardo Sciascia, an Italian writer and politician, read Bevilacqua's first collection of stories, ''The Dust on the Grass'' (1955), was impressed and ...

. It is loosely based on a novel of

Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was somet ...

. It entered the competition at the

38th Venice International Film Festival The 38th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 2 to 12 September, 1981. Jury The following people comprised the 1981 jury: * Italo Calvino (Italy) (head of jury) * Marie-Christine Barrault (France) * Peter Bogdanovich (USA) * Lui ...

Cast

Monica Guerritore Monica Guerritore (5 January 1958 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian actress of cinema, theatre and television. Biography Born in Rome to a Neapolitan father and a Calabrian mother, after her debut at just sixteen years of age under the direction of G ...

: Agnolella *

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: Pietro * William Berger *

Mario Feliciani Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He ...

Orso Maria Guerrini Orso Maria Guerrini (born 25 October 1942) is an Italian film, television and stage actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Florence, Guerrini started his career with several small roles in Spaghetti Westerns and genre films. He became ...

Gisela Hahn Gisela Hahn (born ''Gisela Drenkhan''; 13 May 1943) is a German film actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1964. She was born in Briesen. Selected filmography * ''The Merry Wives of Tyrol'' (1964) - Reni * ''In Bed by Eight'' ...

* Stanko Molnar *

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* 1981 films Italian drama films Films directed by Alberto Bevilacqua Films based on Italian novels Films based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in the 14th century 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub