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Forbidden Dreams

Forbidden Dreams

1982•1h 28m•5.6/10
Comedy

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5.6/10(48)

Paolo Coniglio is a naive and clumsy employee in a comics publishing house, bullied by his manager and his terrible future mother-in-law. To escape his dreary daily routine, he finds himself living vivid daydreams with "Dalia", the beautiful heroine of the books that he's translating. One day, though, while shopping, Paolo meets a charming blonde that looks like Dalia, and finds himself trapped in a shady intrigue.

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Production

Intercapital, Maura International Films

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Paolo Villaggio

Paolo Villaggio

Paolo Coniglio

Janet Ågren

Janet Ågren

Dalia

Alessandro Haber

Alessandro Haber

Commissario Rovere

Alida Valli

Alida Valli

Madre di Marina

Sofia Lombardo

Sofia Lombardo

Marina Saracini

Antonio Allocca

Antonio Allocca

La Manna

Renzo Rinaldi

Renzo Rinaldi

Killer

Mike Bongiorno

Mike Bongiorno

Himself

Camillo Milli

Camillo Milli

Il direttore

Paul Müller

Paul Müller

Cameriere

Ennio Antonelli

Ennio Antonelli

Uomo in macchina

Anna Maria Perego

Party Guest

Chris Avram

Chris Avram

ing. Fonseca

Sergio Smacchi

Sergio Smacchi

uomo di Fonseca

Giulio Farnese

avvocato Bauer

Rinaldo Zamperla

Rinaldo Zamperla

assistente di Bauer

Ennio Antonelli

Ennio Antonelli

Driver (uncredited)

Alfredo Chiodi

Alfredo Chiodi

(uncredited)

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