A countess, a runaway bride, and enough Italian melodrama to fill a Vespa.
Acting
Haydée Politoff's trembling vulnerability vs. Rossi Drago's ice-queen command.
Costume
Couture that screams 'I have a villa and problems.'
Director
Giuliano Biagetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haydée Politoff made this between her iconic Eric Rohmer collaborations — this was her brief Italian detour before returning to French cinema.
Released at the tail end of 1960s Italian star-system cinema, this captures the moment before art-house auteurism fully took over.
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