Lucky to Be a Woman

Lucky to Be a Woman (Italian: La fortuna di essere donna and also known as What a Woman!) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti^[1] and starring Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer and Marcello Mastroianni.

Lucky to Be a Woman
Film poster
Directed by	Alessandro Blasetti
Written by	Alessandro Blasetti Suso Cecchi d'Amico Sandro Continenza Ennio Flaiano
Produced by	Raymond Alexandre
Starring	Sophia Loren Charles Boyer Marcello Mastroianni
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Release date	31 March 1956 (1956-03-31)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

A photographer named Corrado (Mastroianni) snaps a picture of Antonietta (Loren). When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it. He then tries to convince her that he can connect her up with powerful men and introduces her to Count Gregorio Sennetti (Boyer), who can make her a movie star, but things do not turn out well when the count's wife shows up.

Cast

• Sophia Loren as Antonietta Fallari
• Charles Boyer as Count Gregorio Sennetti
• Marcello Mastroianni as Corrado Betti
• Elisa Cegani as Elena Sennetti
• Titina De Filippo as Antonietta's mother
• Nino Besozzi as Paolo Magnano
• Memmo Carotenuto as Gustavo Ippoliti
• Giustino Durano as Federico Frotta
• Margherita Bagni as Mirella Fontanisi
• Anna Carena as Brazilian billionaire
• Piero Carnabuci as President of the Film House
• Salvo Libassi as Sor Arduino
• Mauro Sacripante as Corrado's assistant photographer
• Nino Dal Fabbro as Journalist of Le Ore
• Mario Scaccia as Head waiter