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Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil is a italien film of genre Comedy directed by Lina Wertmüller released in USA on 1 january 1986 with Mariangela Melato

Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (1986)

Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
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Released in USA 1 january 1986
Directed by
OriginItalie
Genres Comedy
Rating57% 2.8996552.8996552.8996552.8996552.899655

Summer Night (Italian: Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico, also known as Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil) is a 1986 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Actors

Mariangela Melato

(Fulvia Bolk)Michele Placido

(Giuseppe Catania aka Beppe)Roberto Herlitzka

(Salvatore Cantalamessa aka Turi)Massimo Wertmüller

(Miki, Turi's assistant)John Steiner

(Frederick, Fulvia's lover)
And :
Arnaldo Ninchi
Piero Vivarelli
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