---
title: 'Adua and Her Friends (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Antonio Pietrangeli'
released: '1960-09-03'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/adua-and-her-friends-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053570/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Adua and Her Friends (1960)

1960 · 106 min · Drama, Comedy · Italy

Original title: Adua e le compagne

## Synopsis

Adua and Her Friends, also known as Hungry For Love, is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and Tullio Pinelli. The movie is about four prostitutes who start a restaurant after their brothel is shut down by the Merlin law, which made brothels illegal in Italy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Antonio Pietrangeli](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-pietrangeli)
- **Screenplay:** [Antonio Pietrangeli](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-pietrangeli), [Ettore Scola](https://cinepixo.com/people/ettore-scola), [Tullio Pinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/tullio-pinelli), [Ruggero Maccari](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-maccari)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Piero Piccioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-piccioni)
- **Producer:** [Moris Ergas](https://cinepixo.com/people/moris-ergas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Armando Nannuzzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-nannuzzi)
- **Editor:** [Eraldo Da Roma](https://cinepixo.com/people/eraldo-da-roma)

## Cast

- [Ivo Garrani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-garrani)
- [Nando Angelini](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-angelini)
- [Claudio Gora](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-gora)
- [Simone Signoret](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-signoret)
- [Domenico Modugno](https://cinepixo.com/people/domenico-modugno)
- [Michele Riccardini](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-riccardini)
- [Valeria Fabrizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeria-fabrizi)
- [Fulvio Mingozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fulvio-mingozzi)
- [Marcello Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-mastroianni)
- [Enzo Maggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-maggio)
- [Emmanuelle Riva](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-riva)
- [Sandra Milo](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-milo)
- [Gina Rovere](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-rovere)
- [Gianrico Tedeschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianrico-tedeschi)
- [Margherita Horowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/margherita-horowitz)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/adua-and-her-friends-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1109210); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.