Being Twenty

Being Twenty
Directed byFernando Di Leo
Screenplay byFernando Di Leo
Story byFernando Di Leo
Produced byVittorio Squillante
StarringGloria Guida
Lilli Carati
Ray Lovelock
Vincenzo Crocitti
CinematographyRoberto Gerardi
Music byFranco Campanino
Distributed byAlpherat S.p.a.
Release date
  • 14 July 1978 (1978-07-14)
Running time
94 minutes (full version)
81 min (censored version)
LanguageItalian

Being Twenty (Italian: Avere vent'anni, also known as To Be Twenty) is a 1978 Italian erotic-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gloria Guida and Lilli Carati. It is probably the most censored and controversial film directed by Di Leo.

The title draws inspiration from a phrase by Paul Nizan, taken from the book Aden Arabia, which is used in the opening credits of the film: "I was twenty, I won't let anyone say those are the best years of your life"