''Il corpo della ragassa'' is a 1979
commedia sexy all'italiana
The commedia sexy all'italiana (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre.
Style
''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typ ...
film directed by
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the commedia all'italiana genre.
Life and career
Born at Melfi, in the province ...
. It is based on the 1969 novel with the same name by
Gianni Brera.
Plot
Teresa Aguzzi, called Tirisìn, is the beautiful daughter of Pasquale, a sand digger on the banks of the Po, in the lower province of Pavia in the thirties. During a trip to the city, the girl is noticed by the wealthy professor Ulderico Quario and immediately hired as a waitress in his palace. Assisted by the faithful housekeeper Caterina, the doctor improvises a pigmalione in the training of the rough Tirisìn in the arts of refined femininity, in order to be able to exhibit her as a sexual toy to her friends.
At the beginning Tirisìn shows some perplexities in being involved in this libertine game, but the happiness of the father, who with the new salary has finally managed to build a latrine inside their poor home, and the good advice of an expert maîtresse, they convince her to participate and, on the contrary, to take on a leading role and try to make the most of the situation.
Cast
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Lilli Carati
Lilli Carati (23 September 1956 – 21 October 2014) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Lilli Carati was born in Varese (Lombardy). In 1974, she was named "Miss Elegance" at a beauty contest in Calabria and began working as a fashion model in M ...
as Teresa Aguzzi, aka "Tirisìn"
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Enrico Maria Salerno
Enrico Maria Salerno (September 18, 1926 – February 28, 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Ch ...
as Professor Ulderico Quario
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Marisa Belli as Cecchina
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Elsa Vazzoler
Elsa Vazzoler (10 May 1920 – 8 August 1989) was an Italian stage, film, television and voice actress.
Life and career
Born in Treviso, Vazzoler started studying acting and ballet after finishing high school. She debuted with dialect amateur ...
as Caterina
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Nino Bignamini as Erminio Alvarini
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Clara Colosimo
Clara Colosimo (23 May 1922 – 15 June 1994) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1968 and 1991.
Selected filmography
* ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972)
* '' Sex Pot'' (1975)
* '' Il mostro'' (1977)
* '' Zanna Bianca e ...
as Procurer
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Giuliana Calandra
Giuliana Calandra (10 February 1936 – 25 November 2018) was an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess.
Life and career
Born in Moncalieri, Giuliana Calandra debuted in 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini's '' La r ...
as Laura Marengo
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Gino Pernice
Gino Pernice (6 May 1927 – 25 April 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Pernice trained at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici graduating in 1952, and made his professional debut with the stage ...
as Giovanni
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Renzo Montagnani
Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema succe ...
as Pasquale Aguzzi
See also
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List of Italian films of 1979
A list of films produced in Italy in 1979 (see 1979 in film):
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External linksItalian films of 1979at the Internet Movie Database
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1979 films
Commedia sexy all'italiana
1970s sex comedy films
Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Films scored by Riz Ortolani
1979 comedy films
1970s Italian-language films
1970s Italian films
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