''L'adolescente'' (''The Adolescent'') is a 1976

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film directed by

Alfonso Brescia Alfonso Brescia (6 January 1930 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He began working in film against his father's wishes, and eventually directed his first film '' Revolt of the Praetorians'' in 1964. Brescia worked i ...

. It starred

Sonia Viviani Sonia Viviani is a retired Italian actress and glamour model who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian exploitation cinema and two films of acclaim in Turkey in the 1970s. Film career Viviani met with cinema at an early age due t ...

Daniela Giordano Daniela Giordano (7 November 1947– 16 December 2022) was an Italian actress, who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian Exploitation film, exploitation cinema in the late 1960s and in the 1970s. She is not to be confused with the ...

Dagmar Lassander Dagmar Lassander (born as Dagmar Regine Hager on 16 June 1943) is a German actress. The character of Lassander Dagmar in the Italian-influenced 2015 horror film '' We Are Still Here'' is named after her. Early life and career She was born in ...

and

Malisa Longo Malisa Longo (born Maria Luisa Longo; 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer. Life and career Born Maria Luisa Longo in Venice, Italy, she moved to Rome at a young age where she started a career as a model. She entered the Miss ...

Plot

Vito Gnaula and Grazia Serritella are a Sicilian couple who marry after a series of turbulent events but Grazia is not willing to consummate their marriage, showing her father's sudden death as an excuse. Vito starts making sexual advances to his late father-in-law's secretary Katia but he has to avoid any scandal for he may lose the rights to his rich father-in-law's inheritance. However, the arrival of Grazia's teenage niece Serenella moves things well beyond Vito's control.

Cast

* Tuccio Musumeci as Vito Gnaula *

as Grazia Serritella *

as Serenella, the niece *Raffaele Sparanero as Antonio *

as Katia Solvj *

Aldo Giuffrè Aldo Giuffrè (10 April 1924 – 26 June 2010) was an Italian film actor and comedian who appeared in over 90 films between 1948 and 2001. He was the brother of actor Carlo Giuffrè. He is known for his roles in '' The Four Days of Naples'', ...

as Marshal of the Carabinieri *

Giacomo Furia Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998. Life and career Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting care ...

as the Notary * as Lance Corporal Bragadin *

Franca Scagnetti Franca Scagnetti (17 May 1924 – 1 November 1999) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1969 and 1999. She was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Ehi amigo, sei morto!'' (1970) - Nathaniel' ...

as Carmeluzza *

as Frau Marlene *Maria Bosco *Gaetano Balistreri *Aldo Cecconi *Adriano Corneli *Roberto Giraudo *

Nello Pazzafini Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum film genre, Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. Life and career Born in Rome from parents originall ...

Reception

Marco Giusti calls the film a "triumph of Sonia Viviani modelled after

Gloria Guida Gloria Guida (; born 19 November 1955) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for starring in ''commedia sexy all'italiana'', particularly the ''La liceale'' series, and also in erotic coming-of-age story, coming-of-age-drama films ...

, but in a Regnoli-Brescia version", and praises the female cast led by the graces of Dagmar Lassander and Daniela Giordano.

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