Girl with a Suitcase
Girl with a Suitcase (Italian: La ragazza con la valigia) is a 1961 Italian romantic drama film by Valerio Zurlini starring Claudia Cardinale as a naive nightclub singer who lives on the good will of others. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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Directed by | Valerio Zurlini |
Written by | Leonardo Benvenuti (as Leo Benvenuti) Piero De Bernardi Enrico Medioli Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Valerio Zurlini |
Starring | Claudia Cardinale Corrado Pani Jacques Perrin |
Release date | 9 February 1961 (Italy) |
Running time | 121 min. |
Language | French/Italian |
Synopsis
When Aida (Claudia Cardinale) is deserted by a man who had promised her a showbiz career and persuaded her to leave her job singing in a night club, she travels alone to the big city to look for him. The man's younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) conceals his brother from her but helps her with her living expenses and falls in love with her.
Lorenzo is only 16 and at school and Aida, knowing that the relationship has no future, begins a relationship with a new man but Lorenzo is unwilling to let go.
Cast
- Claudia Cardinale as Aida
- Jacques Perrin as Lorenzo Fainardi
- Luciana Angiolillo as Aunt
- Renato Baldini as Francia
- Riccardo Garrone as Romolo
- Elsa Albani as Lucia
- Corrado Pani as Marcello Fainardi
- Gian Maria Volonté as Piero
- Romolo Valli as Priest
- Enzo Garinei
- Ciccio Barbi as Crosia
- Nadia Bianchi as Nuccia
- Angela Portaluri
- Edda Soligo as teacher
References
- "Festival de Cannes: Girl with a Suitcase". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2009-02-21.