Manual of Love

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Manual of Love
Manuale damore poster.jpg
Italian poster
Directed byGiovanni Veronesi
Written byVincenzo Cerami

Giovanni Veronesi
Produced byAurelio De Laurentiis
StarringSilvio Muccino
Carlo Verdone
Margherita Buy
Jasmine Trinca
Sergio Rubini
Luciana Littizzetto
Cinematography
Edited by
Music byPaolo Buonvino
Release date
18 March 2005 (2005-03-18)
Running time
116 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Manual of Love (Italian: Manuale d'amore) is a 2005 Italian blockbuster romantic comedy film in four quartets. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, who made two sequels, Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi in 2007, and Manuale d'amore 3 in 2011.

Plot[]

Each of the four episodes follows a different couple, focusing on a particular stage of a typical love relationship:

  • Innamoramento (falling in love): Giulia and Tommaso (Jasmine Trinca and Silvio Muccino) meet and fall in love;
  • Crisi (crisis): Barbara and Marco (Margherita Buy and Sergio Rubini) are a couple going through a crisis, close to divorce;
  • Tradimento (cheating): A traffic police woman named Ornella (Luciana Littizzetto) is cheated on by her husband and takes revenge;
  • Abbandono (break-up): Goffredo (Carlo Verdone) is a rich doctor abandoned by his wife.

The characters in the movie are all related in one way or another, and each transition brings background characters from a previous episode to be the protagonists of the next episode. The film is set in Rome.

Cast[]

Awards[]

  • 2 Nastro d'Argento: Best Supporting Actor (Carlo Verdone), Best Screenplay.
  • 2 David di Donatello Best Supporting Actor (Carlo Verdone), Best Supporting Actress (Margherita Buy).

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