I'll Take Her Like a Father

I'll Take Her Like a Father
I'll Take Her Like a Father
Directed by	Alberto Lattuada
Written by	Bruno Di Geronimo; Ottavio Jemma; Alberto Lattuada;
Starring	Gigi Proietti; Irene Papas; Teresa Ann Savoy;
Cinematography	Lamberto Caimi
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
Music by	Fred Bongusto
Release date	1974;
Language	Italian

I'll Take Her Like a Father (Italian: Le farò da padre, also known as Bambina) is a 1974 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Alberto Lattuada.^[1] It is the debut-title of Teresa Ann Savoy.^[2] The film was shot in Apulia.^[3]

Plot

The lawyer Mazzacolli (Proietti) wants to get his hands on the properties of a countess (Papas) and, helped by a local nobleman (Scaccia), staged the kidnapping of the countess' mentally-disabled child whose hand he had asked for (Savoy). The move would force the hand of the countess, particularly for granting the usufruct of the property to her future husband. Mazzacolli had not reckon with love, which unpredictably changes ideas and situations.^[4]

Cast

Gigi Proietti as Saverio Mazzacolli
Irene Papas as Raimonda Spina Tommaselli
Teresa Ann Savoy as Clotilde
Mario Scaccia as Don Amilcare de Loyola
Bruno Cirino as Peppe Colizzi
Lina Polito as Concettina
Isa Miranda as Aunt Elisa
Clelia Matania as Aunt Lorè
Giancarlo Badessi as Don Liguori

References

^ Masolino D'Amico (2008). La commedia all'italiana. Il Saggiatore, 2008. ISBN 978-8856500264.
^ Enrico Lancia; Fabio Melelli (2005). Le straniere del nostro cinema. Gremese Editore, 2005. ISBN 8884403502.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese Editore, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
^ Gordiano Lupi. "Le farò da padre". MyMovies. Retrieved 27 June 2012.