| Manual of Love | |
|---|---|
|   Italian poster | |
| Directed by | Giovanni Veronesi | 
| Produced by | Aurelio De Laurentiis | 
| Written by | Vincenzo Cerami Ugo Chiti Giovanni Veronesi | 
| Starring | Silvio Muccino Carlo Verdone Margherita Buy Jasmine Trinca Sergio Rubini Luciana Littizzetto | 
| Music by | Paolo Buonvino | 
| Cinematography | Giovanni Canevari | 
| Edited by | Claudio Di Mauro | 
| Release date | March 18, 2005 | 
| Running time | 116 min | 
| Country | Italy | 
| Language | Italian | 
Manual of Love (Italian: Manuale d'amore) is a 2005 Italian blockbuster romantic comedy film in four quartets. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, who made two sequels, Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi in 2007, and Manuale d'amore 3 in 2011.
Each of the four episodes follows a different couple, focusing on a particular stage of a typical love relationship:
The characters in the movie are all related in one way or another, and each transition brings background characters from a previous episode to be the protagonists of the next episode. The film is set in Rome.