The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

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Signore & Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians)
Original film poster
Directed by	Pietro Germi
Written by	Age Pietro Germi Luciano Vincenzoni
Starring	Virna Lisi Gastone Moschin Nora Ricci
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Distributed by	Dear Film
Release dates	10 February 1966 (1966-02-10) (Italy) 24 June 1966 (1966-06-24) (France)
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Italian: Signore & Signori, literally "Ladies and Gentlemen") is a 1966 italian film directed by Pietro Germi.

The film shared the Grand Prix with A Man and a Woman at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It was later selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[3]