The Girl Who Couldn't Say No (1968)
Directed by Franco Brusati
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
Childhood sweethearts Jolanda (Virna Lisi) and Franco (George Segal) meet once again after a separation of nearly 15 years. The two immediately rekindle the romance on an adult level. Franco is a dedicated physician working hard to have a successful career and longtime security, while Jolanda is a free-spirited woman who embraces radical causes and lives from day to day. Comedy ensues when this odd couple experiences life from each other's point of view. Jolanda releases animals from a research hospital in protest over their capture. Franco is always chasing the fast-moving Jolanda around in order to extricate her from the consequences of her many activities in this convulsively funny romantic comedy. The exasperated Franco is torn between the love for Jolanda and the stoic professionalism of his medical career.
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activism, childhood-sweetheart, committed-relationship, doctor/nurse, employment, fear-of-commitment, girl, habit [custom], hippie, hospital, love, medical, promiscuity, relationship, romance, separation, sweetheart, unconventional, wild [undomesticated], woman
