# W la foca

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{{short description|1982 film by Nando Cicero}}
{{Infobox film
| name = W la foca
| image = W la foca.jpg
| starring = [Lory Del Santo](/source/Lory_Del_Santo) <br> [Michela Miti](/source/Michela_Miti)  <br> [Riccardo Billi](/source/Riccardo_Billi) <br> [Bombolo](/source/Bombolo) <br> [Dagmar Lassander](/source/Dagmar_Lassander)
| director = [Nando Cicero](/source/Nando_Cicero)
| writer = Nando Cicero <br> Francesco Milizia <br> Stefano Sudriè
| music = [Detto Mariano](/source/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](/source/commedia_sexy_all'italiana) directed by [Nando Cicero](/source/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](/source/Veneto) who is employed by the [Roman](/source/Rome) 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](/source/Lory_Del_Santo) as Andrea
*[Michela Miti](/source/Michela_Miti) as Marisa Patacchiola	
*[Riccardo Billi](/source/Riccardo_Billi) as the Grandfather
*[Bombolo](/source/Bombolo) as Dr. Filippo Patacchiola
*[Dagmar Lassander](/source/Dagmar_Lassander) as Signora Patacchiola
*Fabio Grossi as Paolo Patacchiola
*Anna Fall as Domenica
*Carlo Marini as Michele
*[Victor Cavallo](/source/Victor_Cavallo) as painter	
*[Franco Bracardi](/source/Franco_Bracardi) as tramp 
*[Enzo Andronico](/source/Enzo_Andronico) as exhibitionist	 
*[Moana Pozzi](/source/Moana_Pozzi) as girl on the train

== Production ==  
The film was shot in [Rome](/source/Rome), between [EUR](/source/EUR%2C_Rome) 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](/source/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](/source/La_Repubblica)}}</ref>

==See also ==      
* [List of Italian films of 1982](/source/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

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