Time for Loving

{{distinguish|A Time for Loving|Time for Living|Time for Lovers|Time to Love (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox film | name = Time for Loving | image = Sapore di mare.jpg | caption = Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | director = Carlo Vanzina | writer = Enrico Vanzina<br>Carlo Vanzina | starring = {{plainlist| *Jerry Calà *Marina Suma *Christian De Sica *Angelo Cannavacciuolo *Karina Huff *Isabella Ferrari *Gianni Ansaldi *Giorgia Fiorio *Virna Lisi }} | music = Edoardo Vianello<br>Mariano Perrella | cinematography = Beppe Maccari | editing = Raimondo Crociani | producer = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1983}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }} '''''Time for Loving''''' (released in Italy as '''''Sapore di mare''''') is a 1983 Italian teen romantic comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living subgenre of revival-nostalgic comedy films.<ref>{{cite book |last=Emiliano Morreale |title=L'invenzione della nostalgia: il vintage nel cinema italiano e dintorni |publisher=Donzelli Editore |date=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Paola Mingoni |title=Cinema da ridere in 201 film |publisher=Giunti Editore}}</ref> It also generated a sequel, ''Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano |publisher=Gremese Editore |date=1991}}</ref> For her performance in this film Virna Lisi won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category.<ref>{{cite book |last=Enrico Lancia |title=I premi del cinema |publisher=Gremese Editore |date=1998}}</ref>

== Plot summary == The film is set in the Sixties, in the Tuscan beach of Forte dei Marmi. A group of young friends spends their holidays at the sea. One of them has a girlfriend, but she loves another man, while his brother is with a beautiful American girl, but he prefers another woman. Finally, a shy student falls in love with an older woman. The end of the movie is a fast-forward in which the same friends gather together after twenty years; however, they are sad because everything is different in their life.

== Cast == * Jerry Calà: Luca * Christian De Sica: Felicino * Isabella Ferrari: Selvaggia * Marina Suma: Marina * Virna Lisi: Adriana * Karina Huff: Susan * Angelo Cannavacciuolo: Paolo * Gianni Ansaldi: Gianni * Giorgia Fiorio: Giorgia

== See also == * List of Italian films of 1983

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0086240}}

Category:1983 comedy films Category:1983 films Category:Films directed by Carlo Vanzina Category:Films set in 1964 Category:Films set in Tuscany Category:Italian comedy films Category:1983 Italian-language films Category:1983 Italian films Category:Italian-language comedy films