La cosa buffa

{{Short description|1972 Italian film by Aldo Lado}} {{Infobox film | name = La cosa buffa | image = | caption = | director = Aldo Lado | writer = Aldo Lado | based_on = ''Antonio in Love'' by Giuseppe Berto | producer = | starring = {{plainlist| *Ottavia Piccolo *Gianni Morandi *Angela Goodwin *Fabio Garriba *Riccardo Billi *Dominique Darel *Giusi Raspani Dandolo }} | music = Ennio Morricone | released = {{film date|df=yes|1972}} | country = Italy }}

'''''La cosa buffa''''' ({{Literal translation|The Funny Thing}}) is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Aldo Lado.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=British Film Institute|title=La cosa buffa|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7050ed82|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728094448/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7050ed82|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref> It is an adaptation of a 1966 Italian novel of the same name by Giuseppe Berto.<ref name=":0" />

==Plot== thumb|Still from the film A young elementary school teacher falls in love with a Venetian woman who is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist.

== Production == The film is set<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=LA COSA BUFFA |url=https://www.cinematografo.it/film/la-cosa-buffa-x4rlsaxp |access-date=2023-04-30 |language=it |archive-date=2023-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430144222/https://www.cinematografo.it/film/la-cosa-buffa-x4rlsaxp |url-status=live }}</ref> and was shot in Venice. The music by Ennio Morricone contains parts sung by Edda Dell'Orso.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-16 |title=La Cosa Buffa soundtrack review {{!}} Ennio Morricone {{!}} movie-wave.net |url=http://www.movie-wave.net/la-cosa-buffa/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0068417}} {{Commons category}}

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