My First Forty Years

{{Infobox film

| name = My First Forty Years

| image = Imiei_primi_quarantanni.jpg

| caption = Italian theatrical release poster

| director = Carlo Vanzina

| writer = Carlo Vanzina
Enrico Vanzina

| starring = {{plainlist|

}}

| music = Umberto Smaila

| cinematography = Luigi Kuveiller

| producer = Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori

| editing = Jacques Gaillard
Ruggero Mastroianni

| studio = C.G. Silver Film{{cite web|title=I miei primi 40 anni (1987)|website=Archivio del Cinema Italiano|access-date=21 October 2021|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=CD7501}}
Rete Italia

| distributor= Columbia Pictures Italia

| released ={{Film date|1987}}

| language =Italian

}}

My First Forty Years ({{langx|it|I miei primi 40 anni}}, also known as My Wonderful Life) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Carol Alt, Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Marina Ripa Di Meana.{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario dei film italiani stracult|year=1999|publisher=Sperling & Kupfer, 1999|isbn=8820029197}}{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}

Plot

Italy late 1980s. Determined not to remain an unknown woman, Marina gives rise to fame going from one room to another bed, from one scandal to another. She married a penniless duke then loves a journalist, an artist and a politician.

Cast

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