Necessary Love

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{{Infobox film

| name = Necessary Love

| image = Necessary Love.jpg

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| director = Fabio Carpi

| writer =

| starring = Ben Kingsley

| music =

| cinematography = Fabio Cianchetti

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| released ={{Film date|1991}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

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| language = Italian

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Necessary Love ({{langx|it|L'amore necessario}}) is a 1991 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Fabio Carpi.{{cite book|first=Enrico |last=Lancia|title=I film|volume=6|series=Dizionario del cinema italiano|language=it|location=Rome|publisher=Gremese|year=2001|isbn=88-8440-085-6}} It was screened in competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news|first=Roberto|last=Bianchin|title=Venezia cinema dell'uomo|language=it|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=1991-08-03}}