Duck in Orange Sauce () is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce from a screenplay by Bernardino Zapponi, based on the 1968 play The Secretary Bird by William Douglas-Home (adapted in French by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon). For this film, Monica Vitti was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and with a Silver Ribbon in the same category. The film is named for the culinary dish duck à l'orange.
Plot When the wife wants to leave her husband in preference of a romantic Frenchman, the husband seemingly does not raise difficulties and invites his rival, along with his own secretary, for a weekend. His real purpose is to win his wife back through an elaborate plan.
Cast Ugo Tognazzi as Livio Stefani Monica Vitti as Lisa Stefani, Livio's wife Barbara Bouchet as Patty, Livio's secretary and lover John Richardson as Jean-Claude, Lisa's lover Antonio Allocca as Carmine Sabina De Guida as Cecilia Tom Felleghy as Livio's colleague
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