The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

Tenderly (internationally released as The Girl Who Couldn't Say No, also known as Il suo modo di fare) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Brusati.^[1] It was referred as "a successful attempt to refresh the American sophisticated comedy with themes and sensibilities of today"^[2] and its style was compared to Frank Capra's.^[2][3]

The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Directed by	Franco Brusati
Written by	Franco Brusati Ennio De Concini
Starring	Virna Lisi George Segal Lila Kedrova Paola Pitagora Akim Tamiroff
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Franco Arcalli
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Release date	1968 (1968)
Country	Italy

Plot

After fifteen years apart, a young, motivated surgeon named Franco (Segal) runs into his childhood friend Yolanda (Lisi) in Rome. They fall in love and travel to Florence together, but Yolanda's unpredictable, often unusual personality makes the future of their relationship highly uncertain.^[4]

Cast

• Virna Lisi : Yolanda
• George Segal : Franco
• Lila Kedrova : Yolanda's Mother
• Akim Tamiroff : Uncle Egidio
• Paola Pitagora : Widow
• Mario Brega : Cripple
• Riccardo Billi : Salesman
• Anne Cumming : Franco's mother^[5]

Production

It was known during shooting as Runaround.^[6]