''Per amare Ofelia'' (internationally released as ''To Love Ophelia'') is a 1974

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directed by

Flavio Mogherini Flavio Mogherini (25 March 1922 – 23 April 1994) was an Italian production designer, art director and film director. His career spanned from 1947 to 1994. His daughter Federica Mogherini was High Representative of the Union for Foreign A ...

. It is the debut film of

Renato Pozzetto Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer. Biography Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the town of Gemonio (in the Province of Varese). After graduation, he made ...

, and for his performance he won a

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for Best New Actor.

Plot

Young advertising, no father, is locked in relations with the girls for the attraction he feels for the beautiful and still young mother. A former prostitute in love with him will solve the problem.

Cast

Giovanna Ralli Giovanna Ralli, (born 2 January 1935), is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7; at 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filip ...

: Ofelia *

: Orlando *

Françoise Fabian Michèle Cortes (born 10 May 1933), known professionally as Françoise Fabian (), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956. In 1971, Fabian signed the Manifesto of the 343 The Manifesto of the 343 (), was a F ...

: Federica *

Maurizio Arena Maurizio Arena (26 December 1933 – 21 November 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1952 and 1978. Life and career Born in Rome as Maurizio Di Lorenzo, Arena made his film debut at nineteen years old, ...

: Spartaco *

Didi Perego Didi Perego (13 April 1935 – 28 June 1993) was a statuesque Italian actress who appeared in more than 80 films and television shows. She made her film debut in 1959's ''Death of a Friend''. The same year, she starred in perhaps her best-known ...

: Nun *

Alberto de Mendoza Alberto Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego González de Mendoza (21 January 1923 – 12 December 2011) was an Argentine film actor who appeared in some 114 films between 1930 and 2005, spanning eight decades. A lifelong figure in Argentine films, De Mendo ...

: Lawyer *

Orchidea De Santis Orchidea De Santis (born 20 December 1948, Bari) is an Italian television and film actress. Biography Orchidea De Santis is an Italian actress in cinema, theatre and television. Her films include '' Il Vizio di Famiglia'' directed by Mariano ...

: Prostitute *

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 antholog ...

: Iris *

George Rigaud Pedro Jorge Rigato Delissetche,George Rigaud

: Nane

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* 1974 films Italian comedy films 1974 comedy films Films directed by Flavio Mogherini Films about prostitution in Italy Films about businesspeople Films about virginity Films scored by Riz Ortolani 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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