

The Manual of Love
2005-03-18 · 116 min · ★ 5.8
Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.
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Production details
- Directors
- Giovanni Veronesi
- Production companies
- Filmauro
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 22,281,609
Top Cast
Carlo VerdoneGoffredo
Silvio MuccinoTommaso
Luciana LittizzettoOrnella
Sergio RubiniMarco
Margherita BuyBarbara
Jasmine TrincaGiulia
Rodolfo CorsatoAlberto Marchese
Dino AbbresciaGabriele
Dario BandieraPiero
Alessandro MistichelliProprietario Libreria
Anna OrsoSuocera di Goffredo
Sabrina ImpacciatoreLuciana
Anita CaprioliLivia
Elda AlviginiRosanna
Lavinia BiagiMiriam
Eugenia CostantiniCarlotta
Giacomo GonnellaAndreaTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.

Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of messy histories and heartbreak, on the off chance that this fling might be the real thing.

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.

Four married couples find out their marriage is invalid because it was officiated by a fraudulent priest and have to decide what to do next.

Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.

Italy from the '80s to the present day, through the dreams, loves, successes and failures of four friends.

Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

David is an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day, David is running out of time to buy his girlfriend – who also happens to be his boss’s daughter – a thoughtful present so he resorts to buying her a somewhat uninspired gift card.

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher.

Giacomo is a 40-year-old man who works for a big company in Milan. To avoid working on weekends, he lies about having a girlfriend whose character he creates based upon a girl he sees every morning.

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-star hotel. Both are fragile, alone and obsessed with the idea of an unattainable happiness. Their intense love is challenged by their own individual ambition and desperation.

A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

At a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.
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