Esperemos que sea mujer (1986)
Elena vive en una granja en la Toscana, separada de su inútil marido Leonardo, que está más preocupado por su amante que por su esposa y sus dos hijas. Las tres viven con Claudia, hermana de Elena, y con Fosca, el ama de llaves, en un mundo prácticamente sin hombres. El único hombre de la casa es un viejo tío senil que pasa la mayor parte del tiempo haciendo punto. Este insólito y estable universo femenino pronto se verá sacudido por varias crisis.
Directora:
Mario Monicelli
Escritores:
Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Tullio Pinelli, Mario Monicelli.
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Liv Ullmann as Elena |
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Catherine Deneuve as Claudia |
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Philippe Noiret as Leonardo |
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Giuliana De Sio as Franca |
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Stefania Sandrelli as Lolli |
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Bernard Blier as Uncle Gugo |
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Giuliano Gemma as Nardoni |
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Athina Cenci as Fosca |
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Paolo Hendel as Giovannini |
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Lucrezia Lante della Rovere as Malvina |
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Adalberto Maria Merli as Cesare Molteni, amante di Claudia |
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Nuccia Fumo as Rosa Nardoni, mamma di Guido |
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Paul Müller as Prete direttore dell'ospizio |
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Carlo Monni as Autista |
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Francesca Calò as Martina, figlia di Claudia |
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Simona Cera as Immacolata detta Imma, figlia di Fosca |
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Enio Drovandi as Don Maurizio |
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Mario Cecchi as Mario il contadino |
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Riccardo Diana as Franco il bracciante |
| Directing | Mario Monicelli | Director |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Story |
| Production | Giovanni Di Clemente | Producer |
| Writing | Leonardo Benvenuti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Piero De Bernardi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Screenplay |
| Art | Enrico Fiorentini | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ezio Altieri | Costume Design |
| Camera | Camillo Bazzoni | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Conductor |
| Production | Bruno Ridolfi | Production Manager |
| Production | Raimondo Castelli | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Francesco Germi | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Riccardo Milani | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Francesca Roberti | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Antonio Tacchia | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Giammaria Vismara | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Francesco Anniballi | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Roberto Brega | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Massimo Di Venanzo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maurizio Piano | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Roberto Luzzi | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Scutti | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerardo Raffaeli | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Magnanti | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Graziano Ruzzeddu | Sound |
| Sound | Marco Grillo | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Gianfranco Salis | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadia Vitali | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Gasperina Marani | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Leda Bellini | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ambra Giombolini | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Giancarlo Capuani | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Domizio Ercolani | Gaffer |
| Camera | Giacomo Tomaselli | Key Grip |
| Sound | Romano Pampaloni | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Renato Marinelli | Foley Artist |
| Directing | Giacomo Campiotti | First Assistant Director |