Vanni de Maigret Movies
- 1968
A group of spoiled rich kids look for kicks before they assume the responsibilities of adulthood and their family legacies. They divert a million dollars bound for a Swiss bank to some less-fortunate individuals. Fast cars, loveless sex, Russian roulette and general rebelliousness drive the teens to the brink of disaster. They look for anything to rebel against and take advantage of every opportunity to show up their well-meaning but vapid parental figures. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Helmut Berger, Vanni de Maigret, (more)
- 1963
Catherine Spaak was only eighteen, yet already known, when she co-starred in this comedy-drama with Nino Manfredi. She plays naive young woman Dora, who heads for the big city and a lot of growing up. Her exploits are mainly centered on the men she meets as she flits from one to the next without a great deal of worry or regret. She does have one on-again, off-again steady relationship with Nino (Manfredi) and spends some time with a middle-aged couple, Scipio and Amneris. All told, her relationships and experiences, especially her last romantic encounter which is not at all the best, contribute to her coming-of-age.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Catherine Spaak, Nino Manfredi, (more)
- 1963
An early melodrama from director Damiano Damiani, this overheated coming-of-age story concerns a neglected teenager (Vanni De Maigret) living on an island in the Bay of Naples. Arturo's widowed father (Reginald Kernan) shows up one day with an attractive new wife (Kay Meersman), and leaves them together when he goes off on one of his frequent trips. Alone with his beautiful stepmother and his nascent desires, Arturo falls deeply in love. As viewers of Damiani's overwrought Amityville II: The Possession can probably guess, Elsa Morante's bittersweet romantic novel is left by the wayside in favor of almost comical heavy-breathing and repressed sexuality. Damiani's heavy-handed direction makes such similar films as Luna and Spanking the Monkey look relatively restrained by comparison, and only a relatively restrained performance by Meersman keeps the film from degenerating into abject farce. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kay Meersman, Vanni de Maigret, (more)
