L'amantide

L'amantide

L'amantide

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L'amantide

1977

1h 30m

5.0(4 votes)

Drama

Overview

Santoro family lives in an elegant country villa the whose ancestor is the old Theodora. One day her son has an accident and is paralyzed; Eleanor, his wife throws herself into the arms of a lover, but the mother-in-law does everything possible to replace it with another of her choice.

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Erika Blanc

Erika Blanc

Eleonora Santoro

Aldo Reggiani

Aldo Reggiani

Riccardo Santoro

Pia Giancaro

Pia Giancaro

Annalisa Santoro

Anna Zinnemann

Anna Zinnemann

Pia Angela Santoro

Andrea Aureli

Andrea Aureli

Rodolfo Santoro

Lida Ferro

Teodora Santoro

Piero Mazzinghi

Carlo, Pia Angela Husband

Alison Swaisland

Patrizia Costa

Giovanna D'Albore

Creative team

Directed by: Amasi Damiani
Written by: Amasi Damiani
Piero Regnoli
Produced by: Camillo Fantacci

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