Avanti! (1972)

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Lighthearted Billy Wilder/I.A.L Diamond romantic comedy about a staid executive (Jack Lemmon) who rushes to Italy to retrieve his deceased father's body, only to learn that he had been having a 10-year affair -- and the woman's daughter (Juliet Mills) is there to collect her mother's body too. Part romance, part ode to Italy, part black comedy -- the plot involves, in gentle continental fashion, blackmail, a murder, and the theft of several corpses -- and part satire of odes to Italy, it's utterly charming. Well worth a look.

- Sam - 2012-04-13 00:33:04