''Lovers and Liars'' (''Viaggio con Anita'') is a 1979 Italian

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directed by

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awa ...

and starring Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini. It is Hawn's only foreign film. It was released in the

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in February 1981.

Plot

Anita (Hawn) is an American actress who decides to vacation in

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. There, she becomes involved in a romance with her friend's married lover Guido (Giannini).

Cast

* Goldie Hawn as Anita * Giancarlo Giannini as Guido Massacesi * Claudine Auger as Elisa Massacesi *

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as Cora * Laura Betti as Laura * Andréa Ferréol as Noemi * Renzo Montagnani as Teo * Franca Tamantini as Oriana Massacesi * Gino Santercole as Tonino, the truck driver * Lorraine de Selle as Gennifer

References

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* * 1979 films 1970s Italian-language films Fictional couples Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films directed by Mario Monicelli 1970s comedy road movies Films produced by Alberto Grimaldi Italian comedy road movies 1979 comedy films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub