Duck in Orange Sauce

Duck in Orange Sauce
Theatrical release film
ItalianL'anatra all'arancia
Directed byLuciano Salce
Screenplay byBernardino Zapponi
Based on
The Secretary Bird
by
Produced byMario Cecchi Gori
Starring
CinematographyFranco Di Giacomo
Edited byAntonio Siciliano
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Production
company
Capital Film
Distributed byCineriz
Release date
  • 20 December 1975 (1975-12-20) (Italy)
Running time
106 minutes (theatrical)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Duck in Orange Sauce (Italian: L'anatra all'arancia) is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce from a screenplay by Bernardino Zapponi, based on the 1968 play The Secretary Bird by William Douglas-Home (adapted in French by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon). For this film, Monica Vitti was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and with a Silver Ribbon in the same category.[1] The film is named for the culinary dish duck à l'orange.

Plot

When the wife wants to leave her husband in preference of a romantic Frenchman, the husband seemingly does not raise difficulties and invites his rival, along with his own secretary, for a weekend. His real purpose is taking her wife back through an elaborate plan. [2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
  2. ^ Duck in Orange Sauce (1975) | MUBI. Retrieved 2026-01-07 – via mubi.com.