Help Me, My Love Explained

Help Me, My Love (it|Amore mio aiutami) is a 1969 Commedia all'italiana film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

Giovanni and Raffaella have been happily married for ten years, but their relationship goes into crisis when Raffaella falls in love with Valerio Mantovani, a handsome forty-year-old man she met at the chamber music concerts she attends weekly with her mother.

Cast

• Alberto Sordi as Giovanni Machiavelli
• Monica Vitti as Raffaella
• Silvano Tranquilli as Valerio Mantovani
• Laura Adani as Elena
• Ugo Gregoretti as Michele Parodi
• Mariolina Cannuli as Danila Parodi
• Nestor Garay as Father Bardella
• Karl-Otto Alberty as Bauer

Reception

Sordi and Vitti were the previous season's biggest box office stars in Italy and the film was the number one film in Rome in its opening weekend, grossing $18,500.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Mario Pecorari . Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. 8876055932.
2. Book: Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. 8860736269.
3. Book: Gianluca Colitta. Francesco Maselli. Uno sguardo non indifferente. Besa, 2013 . 8849708386.
4. 15 October 1969 . 'Fellini Satyricon' Mighty in Milan. . 30.