Passione d'amore

Italy, France

1981

117 Min

Color

1.78:1

Italian

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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SCR Ettore Scola, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, Ruggero Maccari

CAST Bernard Giraudeau, Valeria D'Obici, Laura Antonelli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Massimo Girotti, Bernard Blier, Gerardo Amato, Sandro Ghiani, Alberto Incrocci, Rosaria Schemmari, Francesco Piastra, Saverio Vallone, Franco Committeri

In the 1860’s, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He becames friends with the colonel and the local doctor (Trintignant). Among the inhabitants of the house, there is a strange young woman – Fosca (d’Obici) who is both unattractive and mad. However, she has a passion that Giorgio will have to cope with. —IMDb

Director

Ettore Scola

Ettore Scola (born 10 May 1931) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. Scola was born in Trevico, province of Avellino (Campania).

He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953, and directed his first movie, Let’s Talk About Women, in 1964. In 1974 Scola enjoyed international success with We All Loved Each Other So Much (C’eravamo tanto amati), a wide fresco of post-World War II Italy life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en scène at Cannes Film Festival for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi.

Since then Ettore Scola has made several successful films, including A Special Day (1977), That Night In Varennes (1982), What Time Is It? (1989) and Captain Fracassa’s Journey (1990). Ettore Scola has directed close to 40 films in some 40 years, and he is still active.

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Mayukh Sen

23May11

perfect. valeria d'obici's fosca is, i hope, a character i will never forget.

Zissou

14May11

***1/2 - underrated movie

Daniel S.

29Nov10

A film that is surprising in the filmography of one of the masters of Italian acid comedies. Now, we know that Ettore Scola can film a romantic drama which reminds us also at times of the short stories of Stefan Zweig or Henry James. How not to be moved by the longings of Fosca whose ugliness disappears behind the fervor of her love. Highly recommended.