| My Best Friend's Wife | |
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| Directed by | Vincenzo Salemme |
| Produced by |
Vittorio Cecchi Gori Rita Rusic |
| Written by | Vincenzo Salemme |
| Starring |
Vincenzo Salemme Carlo Buccirosso Maurizio Casagrande |
| Music by | Antonio Boccia |
| Cinematography | Italo Petriccione |
| Distributed by | Cecchi Gori Group |
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Release date
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1998 |
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Running time
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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.
It marked the directorial film debut of Salemme, and enjoyed a considerable commercial success.
Roberto Cordova is a Neapolitan middle-aged doctor who has to go to America for a major surgery. In fact the patient is himself, and since he is afraid of dying, Roberto asks his friend Michele to let him have a loving relationship with the girl Frida, who has always loved. Michele in his heart loves Frida, however agrees. The operation succeeds well and Roberto survives; but he discovers that the relationship with Frida is born a child...