'Le italiane e l'amore' is a 1961 film consisting of eleven episodes directed by various directors, including Gian Vittorio Baldi, Marco Ferreri, Giulio Macchi, Francesco Maselli, Lorenza Mazzetti, Gianfranco Mingozzi, Carlo Musso, Piero Nelli, Giulio Questi and others. A twelfth episode was deleted during the editing of the film.
These episodes are inspired by real cases taken from letters sent to newspapers and collected by Gabriella Parca in her book 'Le italiane si confessano'. The selection of letters for the film was made by Cesare Zavattini, a well-known Italian screenwriter and writer.