Being Twenty

Being Twenty
Directed by	Fernando Di Leo
Produced by	Vittorio Squillante
Screenplay by	Fernando Di Leo
Story by	Fernando Di Leo
Starring	Gloria Guida Lilli Carati Ray Lovelock Vincenzo Crocitti
Music by	Franco Campanino
Cinematography	Roberto Gerardi
Distributed by	Alpherat S.p.a.
Release dates	July 14, 1978
Running time	94 minutes
Language	Italian

Being Twenty (Italian: Avere vent'anni, also known as To Be Twenty) is a 1978 Italian erotic-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gloria Guida and Lilli Carati.^[1][2]

Plot

Lia (Gloria Guida) and Tina (Lilli Carati) are two beautiful girls who meet and realize that they have a lot in common. They are both young, beautiful and pissed off, so they decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find a commune where they can stay and live the life of free love... or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become entangled with prostitution, the police and an aggressive gang.^[3]

Cast

• Gloria Guida - Lia
• Lilli Carati - Tina
• Ray Lovelock - Rico
• Vincenzo Crocitti - Riccetto
• Giorgio Bracardi - Commissario Maresciallo Zambo
• Leopoldo Mastelloni - Arguinas
• Roberto Reale - Head of rapists
• Serena Bennato - Lesbian car driver
• Daniele Vargas - Prof. Affatati
• Vittorio Caprioli - Nazariota
• Licinia Lentini - Lesbian
• Daniela Doria - Patrizia
• Raul Lovecchio - Vice-commissioner (as Raoul Lo Vecchio)
• Fernando Cerulli - Retired civil servant

Release

The film was released as a 2-Disc DVD by Raro Video on July 28, 2011.

References

1. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
2. Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. ISBN 8871805860.
3. Vari. Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo. Nocturno, 2004.

External links

• Being Twenty at the Internet Movie Database