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Director:
Vittorio De Sica
Writers:
Truman Capote (dialogue)
Luigi Chiarini (writer)
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Release Date:
10 May 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A married American woman has gotten involved with another man while visiting relatives in Rome. She... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Two Heartfelt Performances more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Jennifer Jones ... Mary Forbes

Montgomery Clift ... Giovanni Doria
Gino Cervi ... Police commissioner
Richard Beymer ... Paul (as Dick Beymer)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Indiscretion (UK)
Indiscretion of an American Wife (USA)
Station Terminus (International: English title)
Terminal Station
Terminal Station Indiscretion (International: English title)
Terminus Station (International: English title)
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Runtime:
72 min | 90 min | USA:63 min | Italy:87 min
Country:
Italy | USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:S | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1996) | USA:Approved (PCA #16463, General Audience) | West Germany:16

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Trivia:
Film debut of Richard Beymer, more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Biography: Jennifer Jones: Portrait of a Lady" (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Indiscretion more

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17 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Two Heartfelt Performances, 31 October 2002
8/10
Author: harry-76 from Cleveland, Ohio

Like fine wine, "Stazione Termini" seems to grow better and better with age.

Generally "written off" as a lesser De Sica work, this film offers two beautiful performances by Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift.

The two, with different types of acting training, sensitively mesh their discrete styles through deeply felt emotions. Highly gifted, vulnerable, and insecure, these top performers reach for the bottom of their feelings in bringing to life two desperate, lonely lovers.

It's been said these thespians enjoyed a close off-screen relationship due to the leading lady's deep infatuation with her co-star, and that she was distraught when he, due to personal circumstances, was unable to mutually respond.

That's not at all surprising, for it's all there in their work in this drama. A deft melding of romance and neo-realism, which marks the distinctive De Sica style, "Stazione" now seems just the right length for its content.

It almost seems to unfold in "quasi-real time," with shots of clocks ticking away before the train leaves at the story's finale to emphasize the time element.

What emerges here is a kind of slice-of-life vignette: two people in love, who must part due to one partner's domestic responsibility. We are allowed to briefly share their intimate, final moments together before their inevitable parting.

Zavattini's script (along with Truman Capote and Ben Hecht's dialogue) nicely capture these fleeting minutes, while the score lushly points up the pathos of a tragic unfoldment. De Sica's unique direction (with Selznick's uncredited contribution) rounds out a small gem of a film whose vintage grows increasingly more sweet and more special with age.

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