Acqua e sapone

Acqua e sapone
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by	Carlo Verdone
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Written by	Carlo Verdone, Enrico Oldoini, Franco Ferrini
Starring	Carlo Verdone, Natasha Hovey
Music by	Fabio Liberatori ("Stadio" band)
Cinematography	Danilo Desideri
Edited by	Antonio Siciliano
Release date	1983
Running time	103 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Acqua e sapone (Soap and Water) is a 1983 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. For her performance Elena Fabrizi won the David di Donatello Award for best supporting actress.

The shy and awkward Rolando, a school janitor even though he has a degree in teaching, one day manages to have significant windfall. He pretends to be an important Italian teacher priest, who was instructed by the parents of a famous American model (Natasha Hovey) to provide Italian lessons to settle in Rome. In fact the girl must stay in Italy for a few months, just long enough to create a new magazine fashion photographs before going back to work in America. However she discovers the true identity of Rolando, and yet she doesn't denounce him, because falls in love with him ...