Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily Entertainment GuideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsPride MonthAmerican Black Film FestivalSummer Watch GuideSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
8 suggestions available
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

Acqua e sapone

  • 1983
  • PG
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2K
YOUR RATING
Acqua e sapone (1983)
Comedy

A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.

  • Director
    • Carlo Verdone
  • Writers
    • Franco Ferrini
    • Enrico Oldoini
    • Carlo Verdone
  • Stars
    • Carlo Verdone
    • Natasha Hovey
    • Florinda Bolkan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Carlo Verdone
    • Writers
      • Franco Ferrini
      • Enrico Oldoini
      • Carlo Verdone
    • Stars
      • Carlo Verdone
      • Natasha Hovey
      • Florinda Bolkan
    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Photos16

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    + 8
    View Poster

    Top cast45

    Edit
    Carlo Verdone
    Carlo Verdone
    • Rolando Ferrazza
    Natasha Hovey
    Natasha Hovey
    • Sandy Walsh
    Florinda Bolkan
    Florinda Bolkan
    • Wilma Walsh
    Glenn Saxson
    Glenn Saxson
    • Ted Perry
    • (as Glenn Saxon)
    Elena Fabrizi
    • Sora Ines
    Fabrizio Bracconeri
    • Enzo
    Michele Mirabella
    • Guidi
    Philip Dallas
    • Padre Spinetti
    Anna Maria Torniai
    • Lucia
    Maurizio Romoli
    • Giornalista Conferenza
    Guido Mariotti
    • Giornalista Conferenza
    Alvaro Gradella
    Alvaro Gradella
    • Giornalista Conferenza
    Alberto Canepa
    Vito Passeri
    • Cameriere
    Bruno Alias
    • Ospite Ricevimento
    • (uncredited)
    Stefano Antonucci
    • Steward
    • (uncredited)
    Elisabetta Barbagallo
    • Amica Enzo
    • (uncredited)
    Tony Brennero
    • Studente di Rolando
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Carlo Verdone
    • Writers
      • Franco Ferrini
      • Enrico Oldoini
      • Carlo Verdone
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews6

    6.61.9K
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    michelerealini

    Verdone style!

    The fourth film of Carlo Verdone is another interesting result of the style of its actor-director. Verdone -who is considered by many people the heir of Alberto Sordi- offers an intelligent and never vulgar comedy, with good dialogs. An unemployed professor pretend to be a priest (from a catholic college) in order to get a job. He succeed in teaching a young girl, a young model...

    "Acqua e sapone" has a very simple story, it's the story of two different worlds which meet. The interesting point is that the character of Carlo Verdone has to take another "identity" for getting in touch with the snubbish world of the girl and her family, and the girl has to "transform" herself each time in modeling... The film is a comedy but has sweet and sour moments. In an ordinary Hollywood comedy the classic happy end would have been compulsory. Not here (in European and in Italian comedies in particular there's always a mixture of jokes and sadness). The film contains the typical ingredients of the Verdone style: laughs, gags, and impossibility of reaching a quiet life. Another highlight of this movie (of a young Verdone) is the presence of Elena Fabrizi, "sora Lella" (the sister of Italian legendary actor Aldo Fabrizi). Her lines in Roman dialect are simply amazing!
    6stefanozucchelli

    Love has not age, but in this case yes

    This comedy has not thrilled me at all and Verdone, as an actor, I do not appreciate it. If you then stop to think about the plot for a second, you can also worship the doubt that a man, who pretends to be a teacher and who falls in love with the student much younger than him, is not really the most upright protagonist for a movie.
    3MsLiz

    Good effort, slow in places

    This film was featured in a presentation of movies about "fashion" but it touches very lightly on the fashion business.

    The proverb is "A cat can look at a king," in this case, an ordinary guy can look at a beauty. The exposition takes too long in some places, the ending is conventional. A person I saw the film with told me the English subtitles did not adequately translate the Italian dialogue. Once I realized the film was made in 1983 I understood why sometimes the plot seemed so "old."

    For me, learning that "soap and water" means "a woman who knows her way around" did not illuminate the story. What I did enjoy was the Italian grandmother and her relationship with her grandson - he thinks he is fooling her, but she knows what is really going on every minute!
    10teodeceglie

    good

    Simpaticissimo film Verdone. I do not understand why we are talking to the end? This is one of the periods of most flourishing career Verdone, the most beautiful, these are not movies that can please the American public and foreign. These films reflect very Italian to the public, their flaws and defects.Verdone is always followed by the Italians although Gallo cedrone onwards tribulate has some '. The spoken Roman is one of the classic strengths of Carlo Verdone. According to me is one of the most talented Italian, without a doubt! Even its part by naive, identified in the first phase of his films, certainly goes well. His subsequent films show a character neurotic, hyperactive and angry. The film green deserve much attention especially colro who speak about human dramas with a touch of irony.

    Really nice and funny and beautiful.
    folgore73

    The beginning of the end

    Verdone started showing the sins of the crisis that was to hit him in later life with this movie.The gags are still there and so are some of the real-life characters (Bracconieri's Enzo is very good indeed). But overall the movie is very poor.Borotalco was out the year before, and that was a very good example(probably the best) of Verdone's ability to portray the Roman way of life on the silver screen, and have people laughing at it.After this movie Verdone was to make some very nice films, but the sparkle was lost forever.Acqua e Sapone is what one may call a "plain" movie.The story is nothing special,the acting is rather bad,the gags old and not very funny.The only good bits are the ones where Verdone and Bracconieri are in the same scene, the interaction between the two Roman actors is explosive.But again these scenes are small and only used as links between the more boring and badly acted love scenes. If one is fond of the Roman dialect then the movie is worth watching for the hilarious antics of Lella Fabrizi, the Montesacro style acting of Fabrizio Bracconieri and , of course, for the funny Verdone bits.But if one is not so amused by the Roman dialect,the movie can be one of the dullest ever.

    More like this

    Talcum Powder
    6.9
    Talcum Powder
    Bianco, rosso e Verdone
    7.4
    Bianco, rosso e Verdone
    Un sacco bello
    7.2
    Un sacco bello
    Troppo forte
    6.5
    Troppo forte
    Compagni di scuola
    7.2
    Compagni di scuola
    Viaggi di nozze
    6.6
    Viaggi di nozze
    Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
    6.8
    Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
    7 chili in 7 giorni
    5.9
    7 chili in 7 giorni
    In viaggio con papà
    6.3
    In viaggio con papà
    I'm Crazy About Iris Blond
    6.2
    I'm Crazy About Iris Blond
    Gallo cedrone
    5.6
    Gallo cedrone
    Perdiamoci di vista
    6.2
    Perdiamoci di vista

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      The movie was inspired by a TV reportage about the controversy of child models, just exploded in the early 1980s with the case of Brooke Shields.
    • Goofs
      When Sandy's mother complains to Rolando that he is a fake priest, the real Father Spinetti is in the left back seat of the car, but immediately after, when she gets into the car, Father Spinetti is in the right back seat.

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ15

    • How long is Acqua e sapone?Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • October 18, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cara lavada
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Intercapital
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Acqua e sapone (1983)
    Top Gap
    By what name was Acqua e sapone (1983) officially released in Canada in English?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Production art
    Photos
    These Stars Are on the Rise
    See the gallery
    Production art
    Photos
    Streaming Stars, Then and Now
    See the gallery
    Editorial Image
    Photos
    Representation: LGBTQIA+ Characters On-Screen
    See the gallery

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.