Adua and Her Friends

Adua and Her Friends
(Adua e le compagne)
Directed byAntonio Pietrangeli
Written byRuggero Maccari, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ettore Scola, Tullio Pinelli
Produced byMoris Ergas [it]
StarringSandra Milo, Marcello Mastroianni, Simone Signoret
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byPiero Piccioni
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 3 September 1960 (1960-09-03)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Adua and Her Friends (Italian: Adua e le compagne), also known as Hungry For Love, is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and Tullio Pinelli. The movie is about four prostitutes who start a restaurant after their brothel is shut down by the Merlin law, which made brothels illegal in Italy.