La Viaccia
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mauro Bolognini
Jean-paul Belmondo
Claudia Cardinale
Pietro Germi
Paul Frankeur
Romolo Valli
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
"La Viaccia" is a farm belonging to the Casamonti, an Italian family of the 1880's. One day young Amerigo Casamonti leaves the farm to work for his uncle, Ferdinando, a Florentine wine merchant who owns La Viaccia. It is hoped that the ailing Ferdinando will make Amerigo his heir and disinherit his lifelong mistress. Amerigo meets and falls in love with Bianca, a prostitute, and in order to pay for his "visits," he resorts to stealing from his uncle's till. When the theft is discovered, Ferdinando sends Amerigo back to La Viaccia. Unable to forget Bianca, Amerigo returns to Florence and takes a job in the brothel where she works. One evening, when he resents the attention other patrons are paying her, he incites a brawl and is knifed; he then is taken to a hospital but runs away before his wounds are healed. Bianca, however, refuses to see him, and he makes his way back to La Viaccia. Weak from loss of blood, he collapses and dies within a few feet of the farm. His family has just learned that Ferdinando is dead and that his mistress has inherited everything.
Director
Mauro Bolognini
Cast
Jean-paul Belmondo
Claudia Cardinale
Pietro Germi
Paul Frankeur
Romolo Valli
Gabriella Pallotta
Gina Sanmarco
Marcella Valeri
Emma Baron
Franco Balducci
Claudio Biava
Nando Angelini
Giuseppe Tosi
Duilio D'amore
Paola Pitagora
Gianna Giachetti
Rosita Di Vera Cruz
Olimpia Cavalli
Maurice Poli
Dante Posani
Rina Morelli
Renzo Palmer
Crew
Nino Baragli
Leonida Barboni
Alfredo Bini
Claude Debussy
Mario Faraoni
Franco Ferrara
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Massimo Franciosa
Flavio Mogherini
Piero Piccioni
Vasco Pratolini
Piero Tosi
Piero Tosi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Paris opening: June 1961; running time: 106 min; Rome opening: September 1961; running time: 100 min. Also known as The Love Makers.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1962
Shown at the Cannes International Film Festival May 9, 1961.
b&w
dialogue Italian
Released in United States 1962
