Duck in Orange Sauce


Duck in Orange Sauce 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. For this film, Monica Vitti was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and with a Silver Ribbon in the same category. 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.

Cast