The Girl from Parma

La Parmigiana

Italy

1963

106 Min

Black and White

Italian

Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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SCR Bruna Piatti, Ettore Scola, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ruggero Maccari, Stefano Strucchi

CAST Nino Manfredi, Catherine Spaak, Didi Perego, Lando Buzzanca, Vanni de Maigret, Rosalia Maggio, Salvo Randone, Mario Brega

Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino and makes up her mind to join him. But he has found a new lover. —IMDb

Director

Antonio Pietrangeli

Antonio Pietrangeli (born January 19, 1919 in Rome, Gaeta, died July 12, 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all’italiana genre.

He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e nero and Cinema. As a screenwriter, Pietrangeli’s work included Ossessione directed by Visconti, Fabiola by Blasetti, Europa ’51 by Rossellini, and La lupa by Lattuada.

His directing debut was Il sole negli occhi (1953). Career highlights include Io la conoscevo bene (1965) and Adua e le compagne (1960).

He died in a car accident in 1969 while working on Come, quando, perché, which was completed by Valerio Zurlini. —Wikipedia