''Bye Bye Baby'' is a 1988 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Enrico Oldoini. The film starred Brigitte Nielsen and Carol Alt. It is one of the few films to feature
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Plot summary
A couple from
Milan
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, Sandra and Paolo, engage in a series of extramarital affairs, reconciliations, escapades, and eventual divorce, beginning during a vacation to
Mauritius
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. Sandra becomes involved with a handsome doctor, Marcello, while Paolo falls for Lisa, a professional billiards player.
Luca Barbareschi
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Five-pin billiards or simply five-pins or 5-pins (Italian: ';Jason Connery
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as Marcello, a medical doctor
Reception
Brigitte Nielsen was nominated for a
Golden Raspberry
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, where she ended up losing to
Heather Locklear
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for ''
The Return of Swamp Thing
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'' panned the film as thematically repetitive, "daringly banal", and a failure as a
sex farce
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Overview
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because so little of it is actually comedic.Quoted in Moss (2017). Billiards film review site ''8 Ball on the Silver Screen'' also criticized the film for its unbelievable billiards scenes that indicated no training of Nielsen for the role.
See also
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List of Italian films of 1988
A list of films produced in Italy in 1988 (see 1988 in film):
See also
* 1988 in Italian television
References Footnotes
Sources
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External linksItalian films of 1988at the Internet Movie Database
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