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...And Give Us Our Daily Sex

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...And Give Us Our Daily Sex
Directed byJosé Ramón Larraz
Screenplay byJosé Ramón Larraz
Sergio Garrone
Produced byJosé María Cunillés
Vincenzo Salviani
StarringLaura Gemser
Bárbara Rey
Mila Stanic
José Castillo
Alfred Lucchetti
José Sazatornil
Daniele Vargas
Gabriele Tinti
CinematographyRoberto Girometti[1]
Edited byJosé Luis Matesanz
Music byUbaldo Continiello
Production
companies
Estela Films
Ízaro Films[2]
Release dates
  • 26 February 1979 (1979-02-26) (Spain)
  • 5 December 1979 (1979-12-05) (Italy)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesItaly
Spain
LanguageSpanish

...And Give Us Our Daily Sex (Italian: Malizia erotica, Spanish: El periscopio) is a 1979 Italian-Spanish film directed by José Ramón Larraz,[3] written by Larraz and Sergio Garrone,[3][4] and starring Laura Gemser and Bárbara Rey.[3][5]

Plot

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Alfonso is a teenager who lives in a wealthy family, with an adulterous mother and a foolish father. As he experiences his first sexual impulses, Alfonso discovers that a couple of charming nurses live upstairs in his apartment, so he will look for any excuse to get in touch with them, including building a handmade periscope to spy on them.

Cast

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Production

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The film is part of a wave of softcore pornographic films made in Spain during the second half of the 1970s, part of a cultural trend known as el destape ("the uncovering").[7][8] It is one of a group of Italy-Spain softcore film co-productions, alongside Historia de Eva/Piccole labbra (1978), both featuring Bárbara Rey.[9][10]

The film is one of Gemser's films that features her husband Gabriele Tinti in a minor role.[6]

Release

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The film was released in Spain on 26 February 1979 and in Italy on 5 December 1979. It was released in Mexico at the Bergman, Chaplin II, Del Pueblo II and Kubrick theaters on 23 December 1983, for two weeks.[3]

It was released in Germany as Zeig mir, wie man's macht ("Show me how to do it").[11]

References

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  1. ^ Krawc, Alfred (1988). International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Italy (from the beginnings to 1986). Saur. p. 172. ISBN 9783598214370.
  2. ^ Riambau, Esteve; Torreiro, Casimiro (2008). Productores en el cine español: estado, dependencias y mercado (in Spanish). Cátedra. pp. 286, 467. ISBN 9788437624624.
  3. ^ a b c d Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge (2006). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980–1989 (in Spanish). UNAM. p. 198. ISBN 9789703236053.
  4. ^ Poppi, Roberto (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 196. ISBN 9788884401717.
  5. ^ Cremonini, Maria. Le Favolose Attrici Anni Settanta (in Italian). Self-published.
  6. ^ a b Gli Attori Vol. 2 M-Z (in Italian). Vol. 3. Gremese Editore. 2003. p. 232. ISBN 9788884402691.
  7. ^ Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 228. ISBN 9781855661769.
  8. ^ Jordan, Barry; Morgan-Tamosunas, Rikki (2019). Contemporary Spanish cinema. Manchester University Press. p. 65. ISBN 9781526141309.
  9. ^ Checa Godoy, Antonio (2005). Las coproducciones hispano-italianas: una panorámica (pan, amor y cine) (in Spanish). Editorial Padilla Libros. p. 57. ISBN 9788484343363.
  10. ^ Aguilar, Carlos; Genover, Jaume (1992). El cine español en sus intérpretes (in Spanish). BPR Publishers. p. 335. ISBN 9788460425090.
  11. ^ Film-Dienst (in German). Vol. 33. Katholisches Institut für Medieninformationen, Katholische Filmkommission für Deutschland. 1980.
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