Tigers in Lipstick
| Tigers in Lipstick | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Luigi Zampa |
| Written by | Luis Castro Tonino Guerra Giorgio Salvioni |
| Produced by | Giorgio Salvioni |
| Starring | Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel, Monica Vitti |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | 156,588 admissions (France)[1] |
Tigers in Lipstick (Italian: Letti selvaggi) is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, starring Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel and Monica Vitti.[2] It was Zampa's final film. It is an anthology of 8 unrelated vignettes, each involving a very attractive woman. The four lead actresses star in two vignettes each.
Plot
A woman (Kristel) lures a man into her room for a mysterious purpose; a schoolboy gets a prostitute (Vitti) to pretend to be his mother at an interview with the school principal; a reporter's interview with a recent widow (Andress) takes an unusual turn; a woman (Antonelli) finds a permanent way to end her husband's jealousy; a woman (Kristel) finds her husband unenduringly boring; a woman (Vitti) tries to recover a stolen necklace she herself just stole; a woman (Andress) causes traffic accidents by seductively distracting male drivers; a shy orchestra conductor has his tryst with a businesswoman (Antonelli) constantly interrupted.
Cast
- Ursula Andress as The Stroller / The Widow
- Laura Antonelli as The Wife / The Businesswoman
- Sylvia Kristel as The Lady on the Bed / The Unhappy Wife
- Monica Vitti as Maria, the fake mother / The Thief
- Orazio Orlando as Fioroni / The Arab
- Michele Placido as Angelo / The Photographer
- José Sacristán as The Musician
- Roberto Benigni as The Principal
- Enrico Beruschi as The Professor
- José Luis López Vázquez as Garage Owner
References
- ^ Sylvia Kristel French box office information at Box Office Story
- ^ "New York Times: Tigers in Lipstick". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008.