Adua and Her Friends

Adua and Friends (Adua e le compagne)
Directed by	Antonio Pietrangeli
Written by	Ruggero Maccari, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ettore Scola, Tullio Pinelli
Produced by	Moris Ergas
Starring	Sandra Milo, Marcello Mastroianni, Simone Signoret
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1960
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Adua and Friends (Template:Lang-it), also known as Hungry For Love, is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and Tullio Pinelli. The plot concerns the efforts of four prostitutes to eke out a living after being thrown out of their jobs by enactment of the Merlin Law, which shut down Italy's legalized brothels.

Plot

Adua is a prostitute who along with three friends working in so-called "brothels" in Rome. However, for a special law these apartments are seized and prostitutes are found in the street. The girls, however, do not give wins to open a restaurant, living happy and earning a lot of money. But a man's going to exploit them as their own need to get rich ...

Cast

• Simone Signoret: Adua Giovannetti
• Sandra Milo: Lolita
• Emmanuelle Riva: Marilina
• Gina Rovere: Milly
• Claudio Gora: Ercoli
• Ivo Garrani: Avvocato
• Gianrico Tedeschi: Stefano
• Antonio Rais: Emilio
• Duilio D'Amore: Frate Michele
• Valeria Fabrizi: Fosca la bionda
• Gloria Gilli: Dora
• Enzo Maggio: Calypso
• Domenico Modugno: Himself
• Marcello Mastroianni: Piero Silvagni

References

• Salvatori, Alessandra. "Adua e le compagne - Recensione DVD - scheda, trailer, foto, dvd". RECENSIONE DVD Adua e le compagne. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2006.

External links

• Adua and Friends at IMDb