{{short description|1982 film by Nando Cicero}} {{Infobox film | name = W la foca | image = W la foca.jpg | starring = Lory Del Santo <br> Michela Miti <br> Riccardo Billi <br> Bombolo <br> Dagmar Lassander | director = Nando Cicero | writer = Nando Cicero <br> Francesco Milizia <br> Stefano Sudriè | music = Detto Mariano | cinematography = Giorgio Di Battista | editing = Daniele Alabiso | producer =Galliano Juso | released = {{Film date|1982}} | country = Italy | language = Italian }} '''''W la foca''''' is a 1982 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero.<ref name="80s">{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 2000|isbn=887742429X}}</ref>
==Plot== Andrea is a young and naïve nurse from Veneto who is employed by the Roman physician Dr. Filippo Patacchiola. Patacchiola lives with his nymphomaniac wife, raunchy daughter Marisa, senile father, intellectually disabled son Paolo, and African maid Domenica who Patacchiola wants to use as a "manmaker" for his son. The inevitable cycle of misunderstandings, couple exchange, and sexual seductions gets even more complicated when Andrea's lover Michele arrives in Rome to see Andrea.
==Cast== *Lory Del Santo as Andrea *Michela Miti as Marisa Patacchiola *Riccardo Billi as the Grandfather *Bombolo as Dr. Filippo Patacchiola *Dagmar Lassander as Signora Patacchiola *Fabio Grossi as Paolo Patacchiola *Anna Fall as Domenica *Carlo Marini as Michele *Victor Cavallo as painter *Franco Bracardi as tramp *Enzo Andronico as exhibitionist *Moana Pozzi as girl on the train
== Production == The film was shot in Rome, between EUR and Elios studios.<ref name="bio">{{Cite book |last=Giusti |first=Marco |author-link=Marco Giusti |title=Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy |date=2019 |publisher=Bloodbuster edizioni |isbn=978-88-943385-3-9 |pages=479–80|chapter=W la foca}}</ref>
==Release== The film was released on 4 March 1982.<ref name="bio" /> In 2004, it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news|last=Simone Pinchiorri|title=Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs"|url=http://www.repubblica.it/speciale/2004/venezia/italianb.html|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica}}</ref>
==See also == * List of Italian films of 1982
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0084880}}
Category:1982 films Category:1980s sex comedy films Category:Films directed by Nando Cicero Category:Films scored by Detto Mariano Category:Commedia sexy all'italiana Category:Films set in Rome Category:Films shot in Rome Category:1982 comedy films Category:1982 Italian films