Sunday Lovers
1980 anthology film by 4 different directors: Bryan Forbes, Gene Wilder, Dino Risi, Edouard Molinaro
Sunday Lovers is a 1980 internationally co-produced romantic comedy film directed by Bryan Forbes, Gene Wilder, Dino Risi and Édouard Molinaro. It stars Roger Moore, Gene Wilder, Priscilla Barnes, Lynn Redgrave, Denholm Elliott and Kathleen Quinlan. It is split into four segments, each from a different country (Britain, France, the United States and Italy).
The film was released in Italy in October 1980 and in America in early 1981 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists.
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