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| Directed by | Luca Guadagnino |
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| Based on | 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire by Melissa Panarello |
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| Cinematography | Mario Amura |
| Edited by | Walter Fasano |
| Music by | Lucio Godoy |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $7.4 million[1] |
Melissa P. is a 2005 Italian-Spanish erotic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino, from a screenplay by Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti and Cristiana Farina and a screen story by Guadagnino and Farina. Based on the 2003 semi-autobiographical novel 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire (One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed) by Melissa Panarello, the film stars María Valverde, Fabrizia Sacchi, Primo Reggiani, Nilo Mur, Elio Germano, Letizia Ciampa, Davide Pasti, Alba Rohrwacher, Piergiorgio Bellocchio, Giulio Berruti, Marcello Mazzarella, Claudio Santamaria, and Geraldine Chaplin.
Distributed by Columbia Pictures in Italy on 18 November 2005 and in Spain on 24 February 2006, it placed at number one at the box office in Italy.[2]
- ^ "Melissa P. (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Young, Deborah (4 December 2005). "Melissa P." Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2017.