Softly, Softly (film)

Softly, Softly
Softly, Softly
Italian	Sotto.. sotto.. strapazzato da anomala passione
Directed by	Lina Wertmüller
Screenplay by	Enrico Oldoini; Lina Wertmüller;
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori; Vittorio Cecchi Gori;
Starring	Enrico Montesano; Veronica Lario; Luisa De Santis;
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Luigi Zitta
Music by	Paolo Conte
Production; company	InterCapital
Distributed by	Compagnia Edizioni Internazionali Artistiche Distribuzione (CEIAD)
Release date	1 March 1984;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Softly, Softly (Italian: Sotto.. sotto.. strapazzato da anomala passione) (also known as Sotto... sotto) is a 1984 Italian comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Lina Wertmüller.^[1]^[2] The film was released in Italy on 1 March 1984.^[3]

Plot[edit]

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.^[4]

Cast[edit]

Enrico Montesano as Oscar
Veronica Lario as Ester
Luisa De Santis as Adele
Massimo Wertmüller as Ginetto
Mario Scarpetta as Amilcare
Isa Danieli as Rosa
Lella Fabrizi as Sora Ines
Alfredo Bianchini as Il sacerdote
Renato D'Amore as Mario
Antonia Dell'Atte as Bellissima
Giuseppe Cederna as Cinecittà actor

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Blau, Robert (May 2, 1986). "'Sotto..Sotto' Blends Love, Lust, and Humor in an Unusual Afternoon". Chicago Tribune.

Doyle, Thomas M. (February 14, 1986). "Sorta Sorta". The Harvard Crimson.

Gollan, Donna (April 1986). "Sotto Sotto" (PDF). Broadside: A Feminist Review. Vol. 7, no. 6. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2020-10-19.

Maslin, Janet (November 1, 1985). "Screen: Twosome in 'Sotto'". The New York Times. Section C. p. 32.

Russell, Candice (July 11, 1986). "What is love without fidelity? For that..." Sun-Sentinel.

Thomas, Kevin (January 29, 1986). "Movie Review: Heavy Hand Smothers 'Sotto'". Los Angeles Times.

References[edit]

^ Poppi, Roberto (2000). Dizionario del Cinema Italiano: I Film vol. 5: Dal 1980 al 1989, M-Z. Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. ISBN 88-7742-429-X.
^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
^ "Spettacoli: Prime visioni" (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). 1 March 1984. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "The Disorder of Things – A Lina Wertmüller Retrospective". Harvard Film Archive. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

External links[edit]

Softly, Softly at IMDb
Softly, Softly at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
Sotto... sotto... strapazzato da anomala passione at Archivio del Cinema Italiano (Italian Cinema Database)
Sotto...sotto, VHS cover, Columbia Pictures, via notreCinéma

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[Poppi-1] Poppi, Roberto (2000). Dizionario del Cinema Italiano: I Film vol. 5: Dal 1980 al 1989, M-Z. Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. ISBN 88-7742-429-X.

[Mereghetti-2] Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

[3] "Spettacoli: Prime visioni" (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). 1 March 1984. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

[4] "The Disorder of Things – A Lina Wertmüller Retrospective". Harvard Film Archive. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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