Avere vent'anni, aka Being Twenty and To Be Twenty is a 1978 Italian erotic

Eroticism

Eroticism is generally understood to refer to a state of sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love...

-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo

Fernando Di Leo

Fernando Di Leo was an Italian film director and script writer born in San Ferdinando di Puglia. During his career from 1964 to 1985, Di Leo directed 20 films and was involved in the writing process in 43...

 and starring Gloria Guida

Gloria Guida

Gloria Guida is an Italian actress and model. She is most famous for starring in sexy film comedies.-Biography:Gloria Guida was born in Merano, South Tyrol, to a family of Emilia Romagna origin. She moved with her family to Bologna as a child. She first began a singing career, starting in her...

, Lilli Carati

Lilli Carati

Lilli Carati is an Italian former actress.-Biography:Lilli Carati was born in Varese . In 1974, she won the title "Miss Elegance" at a beauty contest in Calabria and began to work as a fashion model in Milan...

 and Ray Lovelock

Ray Lovelock (actor)

Ray Lovelock , is a film and television actor primarily known in Europe.-Early life:Lovelock's mother was Italian and his father was English. They met during the Allied occupation of Italy in World War II...

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Plot

Lia (Gloria Guida) and Tina (Lilli Carati) are two beautiful girls who meet and realize that they have a lot in common. They are both young, beautiful and pissed off, so they decide to hitchhike

Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking is a means of transportation that is gained by asking people, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other road vehicle to travel a distance that may either be short or long...

 their way to Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 to find a commune

Commune

Commune may refer to:In society:* Commune, a human community in which resources are shared* Commune , a township or municipality* One of the Communes of France* An Italian Comune...

 where they can stay and live the life of free love

Free love

The term free love has been used to describe a social movement that rejects marriage, which is seen as a form of social bondage. The Free Love movement’s initial goal was to separate the state from sexual matters such as marriage, birth control, and adultery...

. . . or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become entangled with prostitution

Prostitution

Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...

, the police and an aggressive gang

Gang

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Cast

• Gloria Guida
  Gloria Guida
  Gloria Guida is an Italian actress and model. She is most famous for starring in sexy film comedies.-Biography:Gloria Guida was born in Merano, South Tyrol, to a family of Emilia Romagna origin. She moved with her family to Bologna as a child. She first began a singing career, starting in her...
  
   - Lia
• Lilli Carati
  Lilli Carati
  Lilli Carati is an Italian former actress.-Biography:Lilli Carati was born in Varese . In 1974, she won the title "Miss Elegance" at a beauty contest in Calabria and began to work as a fashion model in Milan...
  
   - Tina
• Ray Lovelock
  Ray Lovelock (actor)
  Ray Lovelock , is a film and television actor primarily known in Europe.-Early life:Lovelock's mother was Italian and his father was English. They met during the Allied occupation of Italy in World War II...
  
   - Rico
• Vincenzo Crocitti
  Vincenzo Crocitti
  Vincenzo Crocitti was an Italian cinema and television actor. Crocitti was born in Rome.His credits include:* I sette magnifici cornuti...
  
   - Riccetto
• Giorgio Bracardi - Commissario Maresciallo Zambo
• Leopoldo Mastelloni
  Leopoldo Mastelloni
  Leopoldo Mastelloni is an Italian actor, film director and singer who was born in Naples. Films he has appeared in are listed below.-Biography:...
  
   - Arguinas
• Roberto Reale - Head of rapists
• Serena Bennato - Lesbian car driver
• Daniele Vargas - Prof. Affatati
• Vittorio Caprioli
  Vittorio Caprioli
  Vittorio Caprioli was an Italian film actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990...
  
   - Nazariota
• Licinia Lentini - Lesbian woman
• Daniela Doria - Patrizia
• Raul Lovecchio - Vice-commissioner (as Raoul Lo Vecchio)
• Fernando Cerulli - Retired civil servant

Release

The movie was re-cut shortly after the Italian release. The 81-minute version omits the opening scene on the beach, the sequence featuring explicit lesbian sex between the two main characters, and the violent ending.

The film was released as a 2-Disc DVD by Raro Video on July 28, 2011.

External Links

Aver vent'anni at the Internet Movie Database

Internet Movie Database

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