The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

Signore & Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians)
Original film poster
Directed by	Pietro Germi
Written by	Age Pietro Germi Luciano Vincenzoni
Starring	Virna Lisi Gastone Moschin Nora Ricci
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin
Distributed by	Claridge Pictures
Release date(s)	February 10, 1966 (1966-02-10) (Italy) June 24, 1966 (1966-06-24) (France)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	France Italy
Language	Italian

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi. Its original Italian title is Signore & Signori, which means 'Ladies and Gentlemen'.

The film is a sex comedy that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair. In the second, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them. In the third, men of the town all try to seduce a promiscuous teenager, but her father eventually reveals that she is underage.

The film shared the Grand Prix with A Man and a Woman at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

• Virna Lisi - Milena Zulian
• Gastone Moschin - Osvaldo Bisigato
• Nora Ricci - Gilda Bisigato
• Alberto Lionello - Toni Gasparini
• Olga Villi - Ippolita Gasparini
• Franco Fabrizi - Lino Benedetti
• Beba Loncar - Noemi Castellan
• Gigi Ballista - Giacinto Castellan
• Carlo Bagno - Bepi Cristofoletto
• Patrizia Valturri - Alda Cristofoletto
• Virgilio Gazzolo - Newspaper editor
• Quinto Parmeggiani - Giovanni Soligo
• Gia Sandri - Betty Soligo
• Moira Orfei - Giorgia Casellato
• Virgilio Scapin - Don Schiavon

External links

• Signore & signori at the Internet Movie Database
• Cannes profile