Girl with a Suitcase
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Girl with a Suitcase | |
---|---|
DVD Cover |
|
Directed by | Valerio Zurlini |
Written by | Leonardo Benvenuti (as Leo Benvenuti) Piero De Bernardi Enrico Medioli Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Valerio Zurlini |
Starring | Claudia Cardinale Corrado Pani Jacques Perrin |
Release date(s) | 9 February 1961 (Italy) |
Running time | 111 min. |
Language | French/Italian |
IMDb profile |
Girl with a suitcase (Italian: La Ragazza con la valigia) is a 1961 film by Italian Director Valerio Zurlini starring Claudia Cardinale as a naive nightclub singer who lives on the good will of others.
[edit] Synopsis
When Aida (Claudia Cardinale) is dumped by her lover, she travels alone to the big city. Her former lover's brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) takes her in, protecting her and the two become lovers. The pair have many obstacles their ages (Lorenzo being only 16) and lorenzo's family, who go to great lengths trying to stop this cross-class afair. Aida begins a relationship with a new man but lorenzo is unwilling to let go. When they do eventually part lorenzo leaves Aida with a large sum of money as a farewell Gift.