My First Forty Years Explained

My First Forty Years
Starring:	Carol Alt Elliott Gould Jean Rochefort Pierre Cosso Massimo Venturiello Capucine
Language:	Italian

My First Forty Years (it|I miei primi 40 anni, also known as My Wonderful Life) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Carol Alt, Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Marina Ripa Di Meana.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

Italy late 1980s. Determined not to remain an unknown woman, Marina gives rise to fame going from one room to another bed, from one scandal to another. She married a penniless duke then loves a journalist, an artist and a politician.

Cast

• • Carol Alt as Marina Caracciolo Elliott Gould as Nino Ranuzzi
• Jean Rochefort as Prince Riccio
• Pierre Cosso as Duke Massimiliano Caracciolo Villalta
• Capucine as Princess Caracciolo Villalta
• Teo Teocoli as Franco Bonetti
• Isabel Russinova as Doris Caetani
• Paola Quattrini as Marina's Mother
• Riccardo Garrone as Marina's Father
• Sebastiano Somma as Rodolfo Merisi
• Massimo Venturiello as Roberto D'Angelo
• Giuseppe Pambieri as Carlo Donati Dadda
• Martine Brochard as Marquise Caetani
• Carlo Monni as The Proprietor

Notes and References

1. Web site: I miei primi 40 anni (1987). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. 21 October 2021.
2. Book: [[Marco Giusti]]. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. 1999. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. 8820029197.
3. Book: [[Paolo Mereghetti]]. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. 8860736269.