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Soap and Water is a film of genre Drama directed by Carlo Verdone released in USA on 18 october 1985 with Carlo Verdone
Soap and Water (1983)
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Add to a movie listAcqua e sapone (Soap and Water) is a 1983 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. For her performance Elena Fabrizi won the David di Donatello Award for best supporting actress.
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The shy and awkward Rolando, a school janitor even though he has a degree in teaching, one day manages to have significant windfall. He pretends to be an important Italian teacher priest, who was instructed by the parents of a famous American model (Natasha Hovey) to provide Italian lessons to settle in Rome. In fact the girl must stay in Italy for a few months, just long enough to create a new magazine fashion photographs before going back to work in America. However she discovers the true identity of Rolando, and yet she doesn't denounce him, because falls in love with him ...Actors
Carlo Verdone
(Rolando)
Natasha Hovey
(Sandy Walsh)
Glenn Saxson
(Ted)
Elena Fabrizi
(Sora Ines)
Florinda Bolkan
(Wilma)
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Directed by Carlo Verdone
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, 1h39Directed by Carlo Verdone
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
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Rating71%
Carlo Verdone plays three roles in three episodes joined together. The Roman hick Enzo must by car with a friend to reach a party of friends outside of Italy. The flower child Ruggero returns to Rome from his father (Mario Brega) who believes that the guy has psychological problems, and so he calls home this home a priest, a teacher and a very problematic nephew. Mr. Mario then is going to change the mentality of the guy with the help of these wise people, in the hope that Ruggero and his girlfriend (who is also a flower child ) find themselves the right way to live in a modern society. Finally the shy and awkward Leo find the love in a Spanish girl, but she gives him a lot of problems. In fact she is not alone and intends to recover an affair with her ex.