Una donna libera (1954) AKA A Free Woman

3.5
(13)

Liana Franci, a wealthy young graduate in architecture, dreams of a more independent life so she cancels her wedding engagement with Fernando, an engineer, after meeting the musician Gerardo Villabruna and flees with him to Amalfi. After a while Gerardo confesses to her that, in spite of the good times together, he’s too engaged with music and has to leave for a long tour. Therefore Liana moves to Paris, where she finds an unrewarding job but also meets Massimo, a wealthy shipowner that decides to marry her. Problem is this marriage leaves her feeling caged… 

Director: Vittorio Cottafavi. AKA A Free Woman
Writers: Malena Sandor (play), Oreste Biancoli & Fabrizio Sarazani (adaptation).
Stars: Françoise Christophe, Pierre Cressoy, Gino Cervi, Mario Mazza, Lianella Carell, Christine Carère, Barbara Florian, Galeazzo Benti, Augusto Mastrantoni, Luigi Tosi, Elisa Cegani, Nada Cortese, Luigi Zuccolo.
Cinematographer: Guglielmo Garroni.
Composer: Ezio Carabella.

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3 Comments

  1. Lemmy
    December 10, 2019
    Reply

    Terrific rediscovery. Thanks for all you do to find and share these neglected gems, Jon!

    • Jon W.
      December 11, 2019
      Reply

      My pleasure.
      Thank you Lemmy for all the support my friend, really appreciate you being here for so many years, means a lot.

  2. pim
    August 26, 2022
    Reply

    there is a slightly better quality version of this on youtube

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