The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Tenderly is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Brusati. It was referred as "a successful attempt to refresh the American sophisticated comedy with themes and sensibilities of today" and its style was compared to Frank Capra's.
Plot
After fifteen years apart, a young, motivated surgeon named Franco runs into his childhood friend Yolanda in Rome. They fall in love and travel to Florence together, but Yolanda's unpredictable, often unusual personality makes the future of their relationship highly uncertain.Cast
- Virna Lisi : Yolanda
- George Segal : Franco
- Lila Kedrova : Yolanda's Mother
- Akim Tamiroff : Uncle Egidio
- Paola Pitagora : Widow
- Mario Brega : Cripple
- Riccardo Billi : Salesman
- Anne Cumming : Franco's mother