...And Give Us Our Daily Sex
{{short description|1979 film by José Ramón Larraz}}
{{Infobox film
| name = ...And Give Us Our Daily Sex
| image =
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| director = José Ramón Larraz
| producer = José María Cunillés
Vincenzo Salviani
| screenplay = José Ramón Larraz
Sergio Garrone
| starring = Laura Gemser
Bárbara Rey
Mila Stanic
José Castillo
Alfred Lucchetti
José Sazatornil
Daniele Vargas
Gabriele Tinti
| music = Ubaldo Continiello
| cinematography = Roberto Girometti{{cite book |last1=Krawc |first1=Alfred |title=International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Italy (from the beginnings to 1986) |date=1988 |publisher=Saur |isbn=9783598214370 |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHxZAAAAMAAJ&q=Malizia+erotica}}
| editing = José Luis Matesanz
| studio = Estela Films
Ízaro Films{{cite book |last1=Riambau |first1=Esteve |last2=Torreiro |first2=Casimiro |title=Productores en el cine español: estado, dependencias y mercado |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UC7JxXIfS48C&q=Malizia+erotica |pages=286, 467 |publisher=Cátedra |date=2008 |language=es |isbn=9788437624624}}
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1979|2|26|Spain|1979|12|5|Italy|df=y}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = Italy
Spain
| language = Spanish
}}
...And Give Us Our Daily Sex ({{langx|it|Malizia erotica}}, {{langx|es|El periscopio}}) is a 1979 Italian-Spanish film directed by José Ramón Larraz, written by Larraz and Sergio Garrone,{{cite book |last1=Poppi |first1=Roberto |title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri |date=2002 |publisher=Gremese Editore |isbn=9788884401717 |page=196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kcDqXrcqSWoC&dq=Malizia+erotica+1979&pg=PA196 |language=it}} and starring Laura Gemser and Bárbara Rey.{{cite book |last1=Cremonini |first1=Maria |title=Le Favolose Attrici Anni Settanta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rx4sDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1961 |issue=1961 |publisher=Self-published |language=it}}
Plot
Alfonso is a teenager who lives in a wealthy family, with an adulterous mother and a foolish father. As he experiences his first sexual impulses, Alfonso discovers that a couple of charming nurses live upstairs in his apartment, so he will look for any excuse to get in touch with them, including building a handmade periscope to spy on them.
Cast
- Laura Gemser as Verónica's Friend
- Bárbara Rey as Verónica
- Ángel Herraiz as Alfonso
- Mila Stanic as Carla, Alfonso's Mother
- José Castillo as Don Ignacio, Alfonso's Father
- Alfred Lucchetti as Carla's Lover (credited as Alfredo Luchetti)
- José Sazatornil as José Antonio Cañavate (credited as José Sazatornil 'Saza')
- José María Cañete as Editorial Employee (credited as José Mª Cañete)
- Francisco Jarque as Pawn Shop Clerk
- Daniele Vargas as Oculist (credited as Danielle Vargas)
- Jordi Bofill as Leatherworking Owner (uncredited)
- Manuel Bronchud as False Policeman (uncredited)
- Mir Ferry as Hairdresser (uncredited)
- Amparo Moreno as Felisa (uncredited)
- Gabriele Tinti as Professor (uncredited)
- Arnau Vilardebó as Hairdresser Client (uncredited)
Production
The film is part of a wave of softcore pornographic films made in Spain during the second half of the 1970s, part of a cultural trend known as el destape ("the uncovering").{{cite book |last1=Bentley |first1=Bernard P. E. |title=A Companion to Spanish Cinema |date=2008 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd. |isbn=9781855661769 |page=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6kRqqwNMm0C&dq=Periscopio+Larraz+1979&pg=PA228}}{{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=Barry |last2=Morgan-Tamosunas |first2=Rikki |title=Contemporary Spanish cinema |date=2019 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=9781526141309 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXICEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65}} It is one of a group of Italy-Spain softcore film co-productions, alongside Historia de Eva/Piccole labbra (1978), both featuring Bárbara Rey.{{cite book |last1=Checa Godoy |first1=Antonio |title=Las coproducciones hispano-italianas: una panorámica (pan, amor y cine) |date=2005 |publisher=Editorial Padilla Libros |isbn=9788484343363 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNsm2YVp6AUC&dq=periscopio+Malicia+erotica+Larraz+1979&pg=PA57 |language=es}}{{cite book |last1=Aguilar |first1=Carlos |last2=Genover |first2=Jaume |title=El cine español en sus intérpretes |date=1992 |publisher=BPR Publishers |isbn=9788460425090 |page=335 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymdZAAAAMAAJ&q=periscopio+Larraz+1979 |language=es}}
The film is one of Gemser's films that features her husband Gabriele Tinti in a minor role.{{cite book |title=Gli Attori Vol. 2 M-Z |volume=3 |date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore |isbn=9788884402691 |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNyrpPD5eDcC&dq=Malizia+erotica+1979&pg=PA232 |language=it}}
Release
The film was released in Spain on 26 February 1979 and in Italy on 5 December 1979. It was released in Mexico at the Bergman, Chaplin II, Del Pueblo II and Kubrick theaters on 23 December 1983, for two weeks.{{cite book|last1=Amador|first1=María Luisa|last2=Ayala Blanco|first2=Jorge|title=Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980–1989|date=2006|publisher=UNAM|isbn=9789703236053|page=198|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLxBcHacjkAC&dq=malizia+erotica&pg=PA198|language=es}}
It was released in Germany as Zeig mir, wie man's macht ("Show me how to do it").{{cite book |title=Film-Dienst |volume=33 |date=1980 |publisher=Katholisches Institut für Medieninformationen, Katholische Filmkommission für Deutschland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05k3AAAAIAAJ&q=Malizia+erotica+1979 |language=de}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0079515}}
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Category:1970s Spanish-language films
Category:Italian sex comedy films
Category:Spanish sex comedy films
Category:Films directed by José Ramón Larraz