Summary
Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman contracts tuberculosis. She is granted a brief vacation at a health spa, where a whole new world - and potential new life - is opened up to her.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+21)
Critics 60Audiences 81GoodWatch 67
Tomatometer60%
Audience score86%
IMDb7.5
Running time
1 h 52 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109112Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1973
July 21, 1973
53 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
Italian
Original language
Made in
Spain
Italy
Rated
- PGUnited States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
and 8 more15 people
- Florinda BolkanClara Mataro
- Renato SalvatoriFranco Mataro, the husband
- DQDaniel QuenaudLuigi, Clara's lover
- José María PradaCiranni
- Teresa GimperaGina
- Hugo BlancoThe brother in law
- JPJulia PeñaEdvige
- Miranda CampaNurse Guidotti
- ACAngela CardileThe redhead
- Anna CarenaThe mother in law
- Monica GuerritoreMaria
Maria MizarNurse Garin- ARAlessandro RomanazziThe son
Adriana AstiScanziani
Christian De SicaMariani, Il Giovane In Treno (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Vittorio De Sica Director
- Serena Canevari Script Supervisor
- Luisa Alessandri Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Cesare Zavattini Writer
- Rafael J. Salvia Writer
- Rodolfo Sonego Story
Production · 6
- Arthur Cohn Producer
- Marina Cicogna Producer
- Serafín García Trueba Production Manager
- Michele Marsala Production Supervisor
- Claudio Vinale Production Manager
- Fausto Pierannunzi Production Manager
Camera · 3
- Ennio Guarnieri Director of Photography
- Giulio Battiferri Camera Operator
- Giuseppe Fornari Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Franco Arcalli Editor
- Marisa Letti Assistant Editor
Sound · 5
- Manuel De Sica Music
- Fausto Ancillai Sound Mixer
- Alvaro Orsini Sound
- Alberto Moretti Boom Operator
- Roberto Arcangeli Sound Effects Editor
Art · 4
- A. D'Angelo Set Decoration
- Bruno Cesari Set Dresser
- Adolfo Cofiño Art Direction
- Luigi Scaccianoce Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Nadia Vitali Costume Design
- Maria Teresa Corridoni Hairstylist
- Alessandro Jacoponi Makeup Artist
- Giulio Mastrantonio Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Edoardo Romani Post-Production Manager
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