''Softly, Softly'' () (also known as ''Sotto... sotto'') is a 1984 Italian

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directed and co-written by

Lina Wertmüller Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller (; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art film, art house films ''Seven Beauties'',' ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Lov ...

. The film was

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in Italy on 1 March 1984.

Plot

Ester finds herself sexually attracted to her newly divorced friend Adele. When Ester admits another love to her hot-headed husband, he searches manically for the rival, who he never suspects is a woman.

Cast

Enrico Montesano Enrico Montesano (born 7 June 1945) is an Italian actor, comedian, television host, screenwriter and showman. Career Montesano comes from a family involved in theatre, and he made his debut in 1966 in a show named ''Humor nero'', alongside o ...

as Oscar *

Veronica Lario Veronica Lario (born Miriam Raffaella Bartolini, 19 July 1956) is a former Italian actress and the former wife of ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. She was First Lady of Italy from 1994 to 2011. Biography Born in Bologna, Lario was a ...

as Ester * Luisa De Santis as Adele *

Massimo Wertmüller Massimo Wertmüller (born 13 August 1956) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1978. Personal life He is married to Anna Ferruzzo and has no children. He's agnostic. Filmography Films Television References ...

as Ginetto * Mario Scarpetta as Amilcare *

Isa Danieli Isa Danieli (born 13 March 1937) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 32 films since 1962. Early life Danieli's mother Rosa Moretti (stage name of Maria Santoro, widow of Amatucci, 1904-1959) was one of the voices of Radio Napoli ...

as Rosa * Lella Fabrizi as Sora Ines * Alfredo Bianchini as Il sacerdote * Renato D'Amore as Mario * Antonia Dell'Atte as Bellissima *

Giuseppe Cederna Giuseppe Cederna (born 25 June 1957) is an Italian actor and author. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the journalist and politician Antonio Cederna and nephew of the writer and journalist Camilla Cederna, from his youth Cederna was at ...

as Cinecittà actor

Reception

Critical response

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References

External links

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''Softly, Softly''
at the

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Sotto... sotto... strapazzato da anomala passione
at Archivio del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Database)
''Sotto...sotto''

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