Melissa P. (film)

Melissa P.
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luca Guadagnino
Screenplay by	Barbara Alberti Cristiana Farina Luca Guadagnino
Story by	Luca Guadagnino Christiana Farina
Based on	100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire by Melissa Panarello
Produced by	Francesca Neri Claudio Amendola José Ibáñez
Starring	María Valverde Fabrizia Sacchi Primo Reggiani Nilo Mur Elio Germano Letizia Ciampa Davide Pasti Alba Rohrwacher Piergiorgio Bellocchio Giulio Berruti Marcello Mazzarella Claudio Santamaria Geraldine Chaplin
Cinematography	Mario Amura
Edited by	Walter Fasano
Music by	Lucio Godoy
Production companies	Bess Movie Pentagrama Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	18 November 2005 (2005-11-18) (Italy) 24 February 2006 (2006-02-24) (Spain)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Italy Spain
Language	Italian
Box office	$7.4 million[1]

Melissa P. is a 2005 erotic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino, from a screenplay by Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti and Cristiana Farina and a screen story by Guadagnino and Farina. It is based on the 2003 semi-autobiographical novel 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire (One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed) by Melissa Panarello. The film stars María Valverde, Fabrizia Sacchi, Primo Reggiani, Nilo Mur, Elio Germano, Letizia Ciampa, Davide Pasti, Alba Rohrwacher, Piergiorgio Bellocchio, Giulio Berruti, Marcello Mazzarella, Claudio Santamaria and Geraldine Chaplin.

The film was released by Columbia Pictures in Italy on 18 November 2005 and in Spain on 24 February 2006. It placed at number one at the box office in Italy.^[2]