Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters (Italian: ...e si salvò solo l'Aretino Pietro, con una mano davanti e l'altra dietro..., lit. '...and only Pietro Aretino was saved, with one hand in front and the other behind...') is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Silvio Amadio and starring Franca Gonella.
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Cast
Franca Gonella as Nanna
Ivana Novak as Concetta
Dorit Henke as Fiorenza
Elisa Mainardi as Violante
Giorgio Favretto as Friar Fazio
Silvio Spaccesi as Ser Cecco
Renzo Rinaldi as Friar Crispino
Carla Brait as Olimpia
Vincenzo Ferro as Ser Alfiuccio da Candelusa
Gino Milli as Guidotto
Piero Maria Rossi as Raffaello
Gabriele Villa as Pietro Aretino
Production
The film was produced by Cinematografica Vascello. It is the second decameronico film based on the works by Pietro Aretino, following by two weeks the release of the less successful Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino by Silvio Amadio. It was shot in Arpino and in other locations in the Frosinone province. It was filmed back-to-back with its immediate sequel, Aretino's Blue Stories, directed by Enrico Bomba and featuring most of the same cast.
Release
The film was distributed in Italian cinemas by Peg starting from 19 August 1972.
Reception
Italian film critic Manlio Gomarasca panned the film, noting: "it lacks brilliant writing in its triviality,[...] it lacks the substance of a genuine Atellan Farce".