My Best Friend's Wife

My Best Friend's Wife

1998 · 100 min · ★ 6.6 · Romance, Comedy

Roberto is a doctor in a small town near Naples. He suffers from a severe heart disease and he is heading toward an American hospital for a dangerous surgery with little or no hope of surviving. Therefore he talks to his best friend since childhood, Michele, a columnist at the local newspaper, explaining his last and long-wanted desire: having sex once with his Swedish beautiful wife, Frida.

Directed by Vincenzo Salemme · Written by Vincenzo Salemme

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Vincenzo Salemme Roberto
Eva Herzigová Frida
Carlo Buccirosso Michele
Maurizio Casagrande Padre Leonardo
Nando Paone Geremia
Biagio Izzo Gioacchino
Emanuela Grimalda la bolognese
Jinny Steffan madre di Frida
Michele Emanuele Luberto Roberto piccolo
Marco Gerundini Michele piccolo
Salvatore Della Ragione Leonardo piccolo
Adelaide Pizzi Frida piccola

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