My First Forty Years

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.^[2][3]

My First Forty Years
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Carlo Vanzina
Written by	Carlo Vanzina Enrico Vanzina
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring	Carol Alt Elliott Gould Jean Rochefort Pierre Cosso Massimo Venturiello Capucine
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by	Jacques Gaillard Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Umberto Smaila
Production companies	C.G. Silver Film[1] Rete Italia[1]
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Italia[1]
Release date	1987 (1987)
Language	Italian

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