La ragazza con la valigia (1961)

Director:

Valerio Zurlini

Writers:

Leonardo Benvenuti (story) and
Piero De Bernardi (story) ...
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Release Date:

11 September 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Claudia Cardinale	...	Aida Zepponi
Jacques Perrin	...	Lorenzo Fainardi
Luciana Angiolillo	...	Aunt of Lorenzo
Renato Baldini	...	Francia
Riccardo Garrone	...	Romolo
Elsa Albani	...	Lucia
Corrado Pani	...	Marcello Fainardi
Gian Maria Volonté	...	Piero Benotti
Romolo Valli	...	Don Pietro Introna
Enzo Garinei	...	Pino
Ciccio Barbi	...	Crosia
Nadia Bianchi	...	Nuccia
Angela Portaluri
Edda Soligo	...	Teacher

Directed by
Valerio Zurlini

Writing credits
Leonardo Benvenuti		(story and screenplay) (as Leo Benvenuti) and
Piero De Bernardi		(story and screenplay) and
Enrico Medioli		(story and screenplay) and
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi		(story and screenplay) and
Valerio Zurlini		(story and screenplay)

Produced by
Charles Delac	....	producer
Maurizio Lodi-Fè	....	producer

Cinematography by
Tino Santoni

Film Editing by
Mario Serandrei

Production Design by
Flavio Mogherini

Costume Design by
Gaia Romanini

Makeup Department
Giovanni Ranieri	....	makeup artist
Vasco Reggiani	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mario Maffei	....	assistant director
Piero Schivazappa	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Enzo Silvestri	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Enrico Cignitti	....	camera operator
Danilo Desideri	....	assistant camera
Lorenzo Papi	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gaia Romanini	....	costumer

Music Department
Mario Gangi	....	soloist: Chitarra (as M. Gangi)
Mario Nascimbene	....	music supervisor
Bruno Nicolai	....	soloist: Clavicembalo (as B. Nicolai)

Other crew
Adriana Asti	....	voice dubbing: Claudia Cardinale
Antonio Guadagnino	....	production secretary
Tina Marchetti Clerici	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Titanus
• Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.) (co-production)

Distributors

• Ellis Films (1961) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Aquarius TV (2004) (Greece) (TV)
• Koch Vision (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Aquarius TV (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
• Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique (CFDC) (1962) (France) (theatrical)
• NoShame Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Girl with a Suitcase" - UK, USA
"La fille à la valise" - France
"A Moça com a Valise" - Brazil
"A Rapariga da Mala" - Portugal
"Das Mädchen mit dem leichten Gepäck" - West Germany
"Dziewczyna z walizka" - Poland
"La chica con la maleta" - Spain
"La muchacha de la valija" - Argentina
"To koritsi me tin valitsa" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Tyttö ja laukku" - Finland

Runtime:

121 min | USA:96 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Company:

Titanus

Trivia:

Italian censorship visa # 33890 delivered on 18-1-1961.

Soundtrack:

Estate violenta

I'll comment on one single scene...

... the one where Lorenzo watches Aida dancing with that older man. She was supposed to go to the movies with him but she chose to have dinner with a group of other guests at the hotel, and after dinner they start partying and dancing. At one point there is a close-up of Lorenzo that lasts for at least one minute. He looks at them dancing, looks away, takes a sip from his drink, fidgets, with all these different expressions on his face: jealousy, frustration, anger, discomfort, despair. No dialogue. Wonderfully acted and directed. That scene is worth more than all car chase sequences since the beginning of Cinema put together.