Monella (film)

Monella
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tinto Brass
Written by	Tinto Brass Carla Cipriani Barbara Alberti
Story by	Tinto Brass Carla Cipriani
Produced by	Giovanni Bertolucci
Starring	Anna Ammirati Patrick Mower Max Parodi
Cinematography	Massimo Di Venanzo
Edited by	Tinto Brass
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Release date	26 June 1998 (1998-06-26)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	$2,400,000

Monella (titled Frivolous Lola in English-speaking markets) is a 1998 Italian comedy-erotic film directed by Tinto Brass.

Plot

Lola (Anna Ammirati) is the teenage daughter of widow Zaira (Serena Grandi) living in a small Po Valley town (filming location is the comune of Pomponesco and Dosolo) in the 1950s. She is engaged to young Masetto (Max Parodi credited as Mario Parodi), who firmly believes in girls' virginity before marriage. They are soon to get married, but she is very much intrigued by sex, and further provoked by the antics of her libertine stepfather André (Patrick Mower), but Lola's approaches to Masetto for premarital sex jeopardise her relationship with him.

Cast

• Anna Ammirati as Lola
• Patrick Mower as André
• Max Parodi as Masetto
• Susanna Martinková as Michelle
• Antonio Salines as Pepè
• Francesca Nunzi as Wilma
• Vittorio Attene as Ginetto
• Laura Trotter as Carmelina
• Carlo Reali as Toni
• Maurizio Prudenzi as Remo
• Edith Rozanyai as Carla
• Alberto Capone as Gildo
• Serena Grandi as Zaira
• Tinto Brass as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

External links

• Monella at IMDb
• Monella at the British Film Institute
• Monella at Rotten Tomatoes