A young elementary school teacher falls in love with a Venetian woman who is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist.
Cinematography
Venice as character—crumbling, seductive, indifferent.
Acting
Piccolo's volcanic presence; Morandi's surprising dramatic chops.
Direction
Lado bridges commedia all'italiana and political cinema.
Director
Aldo Lado
Ottavia Piccolo
Maria Borghetto
Gianni Morandi
Antonio
Angela Goodwin
affittacamere
Fabio Garriba
Benito, amico di Antonio
Claudia Giannotti
sorella di Antonio
Nino Formicola
padre di Antonio
Rosita Torosh
cugina di Marika
Luigi Casellato
barbiere Amedeo
Riccardo Billi
Ilario Borghetto
Dominique Darel
Marika
Giusi Raspani Dandolo
signora Borghetto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Italy's 'Years of Lead,' the film captures leftist intellectuals' crisis: revolution or comfort? Lado, a committed leftist, reportedly fought producers over the ending's ambiguity.
Gianni Morandi was Italy's biggest pop star—casting him as a brooding Marxist teacher was like hiring Justin Bieber to play Trotsky. The tension between image and role generates its own commentary.
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