My First Forty Years (Italian: I miei primi 40 anni, also known as My Wonderful Life) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Carol Alt, Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Marina Ripa Di Meana.
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Plot
Italy late 1980s. Determined not to remain an unknown woman, Marina gives rise to fame going from one room to another bed, from one scandal to another. She married a penniless duke then loves a journalist, an artist and a politician.
Cast
Carol Alt as Marina Caracciolo
Elliott Gould as Nino Ranuzzi
Jean Rochefort as Prince Riccio
Pierre Cosso as Duke Massimiliano Caracciolo Villalta
Capucine as Princess Caracciolo Villalta
Teo Teocoli as Franco Bonetti
Isabel Russinova as Doris Caetani
Paola Quattrini as Marina's Mother
Riccardo Garrone as Marina's Father
Sebastiano Somma as Rodolfo Merisi
Massimo Venturiello as Roberto D'Angelo
Giuseppe Pambieri as Carlo Donati Dadda
Martine Brochard as Marquise Caetani
Carlo Monni as The Proprietor