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La parmigiana (1963) Online
Original Title :
La parmigiana
Genre :
Movie / Comedy
Year :
1963
Directror :
Antonio Pietrangeli
Cast :
Nino Manfredi,Catherine Spaak,Didi Perego
Writer :
Ruggero Maccari,Ettore Scola
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 51min
Rating :
7.2/10
La parmigiana (1963) Online

Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino and makes up her mind to join him. But he has found a new lover.
Complete credited cast:
Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi - Nino Meciotti
Catherine Spaak Catherine Spaak - Dora
Didi Perego Didi Perego - Amneris - wife of Scipio
Lando Buzzanca Lando Buzzanca - Michele Pantanò
Vanni De Maigret Vanni De Maigret - Giacomo Boselli
Umberto D'Orsi Umberto D'Orsi - Ing. Masselli
Rosalia Maggio Rosalia Maggio - Iris
Ugo Fangareggi Ugo Fangareggi - Priamo
Nando Angelini Nando Angelini - (credit only)
Salvo Randone Salvo Randone - Scipio Pagliughi


User reviews

Syleazahad

Syleazahad

Catherine Spaak's status as a kind of "It" girl of the Sixties has rather mystified me. In the few movies in which I'd seen her (La Noia, The Libertine, Hotel, Il Sorpasso), she struck me as a rather conventional sexpot, not particularly beautiful, and usually playing a blank and sullen girl who played, unemotionally, with men's feelings. In "La Parmigiana", she plays a similar type of woman, but with a wide range of expressions and feelings that constitute, for me, a delightful surprise and her best screen performance.

Dora, a stylish young woman, arrives unexpectedly in Parma to stay with an "aunt" (actually, a friend of her late mother). Director Pietrangeli then skillfully unfolds the story of how she reached this point in her life. Gliding the camera to the right, to focus on a dark area of space, then continuing the movement into a flashback, is the continual brilliant structure of the film. Though the aunt thinks of Dora as an innocent girl, the viewer learns that she has progressed through life by relying on her charms with a succession of men. The scenario brings to mind Pietrangeli's recently revived - and darkly pessimistic - "Io La Conoscevo Bene", in which Stefania Sandrelli plays a dim-witted country girl striving for a career in the movies. In "La Parmigiana", Spaak's character Dora lives by her wits, and leaves us confident of her resilience.

Excellent supporting performances by Didi Perego as the loquacious Aunt Amneris, Salvo Randone as her seemingly hen-pecked musician husband, roused from torpor by the presence of Dora, Lando Buzzanca as a hapless suitor, and Nino Manfredi as an ambitious would-be ad man, frustrated at his inability to catch the wave of "il Boom", round out a thoroughly engaging satiric comedy. It's a shame that this is not as well known as those other superb entertainments from Italy in the Sixties.
Gholbirius

Gholbirius

Antonio Pietrangeli was a very good connoisseur of female psychology, proven in his excellent films, especially with this "The Girl from Parma." In which Catherine Spaak makes a super role, she is a splendid actress. Nino Manfredi, Salvo Randone, Lando Buzzanca and Didi Perego are also exceptional. A little bit slow but great piece of cinema!