My Best Friend's Wife

My Best Friend's Wife
Directed by	Vincenzo Salemme
Written by	Vincenzo Salemme (play and screenplay)
Produced by	Vittorio Cecchi Gori Rita Rusic
Starring	Vincenzo Salemme Carlo Buccirosso Maurizio Casagrande
Cinematography	Italo Petriccione
Music by	Antonio Boccia
Distributed by	Cecchi Gori Group
Release date	1998 (1998)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

My Best Friend's Wife (Italian: L'amico del cuore) is a 1998 Italian comedy film written and directed by Vincenzo Salemme, adapted from his play.

It marked the directorial film debut of Salemme, and enjoyed a considerable commercial success.^[1][2]

Plot

Roberto Cordova is a middle-aged Neapolitan doctor who has to go to America for a major surgery. He is afraid he will die, so asks his friend Michele to let him sleep with his beautiful Swedish wife, Frida, as his last wish. Michele loves Frida, but agrees, and so does Frida.

Roberto's operation succeeds and he survives, but seven months later he discovers that Frida is pregnant.

Cast

• Vincenzo Salemme as Roberto Cordova
• Carlo Buccirosso as Michele Seta
• Maurizio Casagrande as Father Leonardo
• Eva Herzigová as Frida
• Nando Paone as Geremia
• Biagio Izzo as Gioacchino

References

1. Peppe D'Antonio, Maurizio Di Rienzo (1999). 1998, un anno di esordi: talenti, opportunità e mercato : una riflessione sull'esordio nel cinema italiano. Lindau, 1999. ISBN 8871802721.
2. Gianni Canova (2005). Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti, 2009. ISBN 881150516X.

External links

• My Best Friend's Wife at IMDb