The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

Signore & Signori
(The Birds, the Bees and the Italians)
Original film poster
Directed byPietro Germi
Written byAge
Pietro Germi
Luciano Vincenzoni
StarringVirna Lisi
Gastone Moschin
Nora Ricci
CinematographyAiace Parolin
Music byCarlo Rustichelli
Distributed byDear Film
Release dates
  • 10 February 1966 (1966-02-10) (Italy)
  • 24 June 1966 (1966-06-24) (France)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Italian: Signore & Signori, literally "Ladies and Gentlemen") is a 1966 italian film directed by Pietro Germi.

The film shared the Grand Prix with A Man and a Woman at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was later selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[3]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Birds, the Bees and the Italians". www.festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Cannes Classics 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.