My First Forty Years

My First Forty Years (I miei primi 40 anni, also known as My Wonderful Life) is a 1987 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Carol Alt, Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Marina Ripa Di Meana.

Plot
Italy late 1980s. Determined not to remain an unknown woman, Marina gives rise to fame going from one room to another bed, from one scandal to another. She married a penniless duke then loves a journalist, an artist and a politician.

Cast

 * Carol Alt as Marina Caracciolo
 * Elliott Gould as Nino Ranuzzi
 * Jean Rochefort as Prince Riccio
 * Pierre Cosso as Duke Massimiliano Caracciolo Villalta
 * Capucine as Princess Caracciolo Villalta
 * Teo Teocoli as Franco Bonetti
 * Isabel Russinova as Doris Caetani
 * Paola Quattrini as Marina's Mother
 * Riccardo Garrone as Marina's Father
 * Sebastiano Somma as Rodolfo Merisi
 * Massimo Venturiello as Roberto D'Angelo
 * Giuseppe Pambieri as Carlo Donati Dadda
 * Martine Brochard as Marquise Caetani
 * Carlo Monni as The Proprietor