Help Me, My Love

1969 2h 0m IT

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7.2

SOLID

★7.2TMDB · 58

RomanceComedy

Synopsis

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Giovanni and Raffaella are happily married from ten years, but their relationship goes into crisis when Raffaella falls in love with Valerio Mantovani, a handsome forty-year-old man she knew during the concerts of chamber music she weekly attends with her mother.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Alberto Sordi
Giovanni Macchiavelli
Monica Vitti
Raffaella Macchiavelli
Silvano Tranquilli
Valerio Mantovani
Laura Adani
Elena
Ugo Gregoretti
Michele Parodi
Mariolina Cannuli
Daniela Parodi
Néstor Garay
padre Bardella
Gaetano Imbró
medico

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alberto Sordi
Writers: Rodolfo Sonego, Tullio Pinelli, Alberto Sordi
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alberto Sordi, shot by Carlo Di Palma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Piero Piccioni. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Franco Fraticelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti and Silvano Tranquilli carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0064020 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Alberto Sordi directs. Carlo Di Palma behind the camera. Piero Piccioni scores. Franco Fraticelli cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

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157 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Alberto Sordi, shot by Carlo Di Palma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Piero Piccioni. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Franco Fraticelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti and Silvano Tranquilli carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0064020 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.