Editing Cinema of Italy (section)

====Commedia sexy all'italiana (1970s–1980s)====
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[[File:La moglie vergine.jpg|thumb|''[[La moglie vergine]]'' by [[Marino Girolami]] (1975)]]

[[Commedia sexy all'italiana]] is characterized typically by both abundant female nudity and comedy, and by the minimal weight given to social criticism that was the basic ingredient of the main [[commedia all'italiana]] genre.<ref name=gener>{{cite book|last=Peter E. Bondanella|title=A history of Italian cinema|date=12 October 2009 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group, 2009|isbn=978-1441160690}}</ref> Stories are often set in affluent environments such as wealthy households. It is closely connected to the [[sexual revolution]], which was extremely new and innovative for that period. For the first time, films with female nudity could be watched at the cinema. Pornography and scenes of explicit sex were still forbidden in Italian cinemas, but partial nudity was somewhat tolerated. The genre has been described as a cross between [[Sex comedy|bawdy comedy]] and humorous [[softcore porn|erotic film]] with ample [[slapstick]] elements which follow more or less clichéd storylines.

During this time, commedia sexy all'italiana films, described by the film critics of the time as not artistic or "trash films", were very popular in Italy. Today they are widely re-evaluated and have become real cult movies. They also allowed the producers of Italian cinema to have enough revenue to produce successful artistic films. These comedy films were of little artistic value and reached their popularity by confronting Italian social taboos, most notably in the sexual sphere. Actors such as [[Lando Buzzanca]], [[Lino Banfi]], [[Renzo Montagnani]], [[Alvaro Vitali]], [[Gloria Guida]], [[Barbara Bouchet]] and [[Edwige Fenech]] owe much of their popularity to these films.
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