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Le notti bianche (1957)
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28 May 1961 (USA)
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A humble clerk courts a woman who night after night awaits for the return of her lover. full summary | add synopsis
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Love
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Dance
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Prostitution
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Modern Day Adaptation
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6 wins
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Film that tries to reflect reality as well as a dream that falls a bit short
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Maria Schell | ... | Natalia | |
| Marcello Mastroianni | ... | Mario | |
| Jean Marais | ... | Tenant | |
| Marcella Rovena | ... | Landlady | |
| Maria Zanoli | ... | Maid (as Maria Zanolli) | |
| Elena Fancera | ... | cashier | |
| Lanfranco Ceccarelli | |||
| Angelo Galassi | |||
| Renato Terra | |||
| Corrado Pani | |||
| Dirk Sanders | ... | Dancer | |
| Clara Calamai | ... | Prostitute | |
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| Giorgio Albertazzi | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Lys Assia | ... | Singer - Scusami | |
| Romano Barbieri | ... | Son | |
| Alberto Carloni | ... | Innkeeper | |
| Pietro Ceccarelli | |||
| Anna Filippini | ... | Daughter | |
| Carla Foscari | |||
| Ferdinando Gerra | ... | Father | |
| Giorgio Listuzzi | ... | Police Man | |
| Leonilde Montesi | ... | Mother | |
| Sandro Moretti | ... | Young Man | |
| Winni Riva | |||
| Sandra Verani | |||
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Germany:97 min | Italy:107 min | USA:97 min
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Referenced in Zwischen Kino und Konzert - Der Komponist Nino Rota (1993)
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O' Cangaceiro
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| What's Mario's job? | fellini812 |
| The prostitute | fellini812 |
| Was the sound recorded on the set? | fellini812 |
| It could've been perfect, but.... | vampirock_x |
| dance scene | negin_n |
| Saawariya | WoooFy |
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Luchino Visconti has created a film that tried to reflect reality as well as a dream. The premise is something right out of a dream, two people meet by chance on a bridge and then the man proceeds to try and court the women. In the beginning the film is set up with the man is a realist and the women is a dreamer. While this premise is quite interesting and has much potential it does fall short on the execution. This is mainly caused by huge tonal shifts that occur during the film. The story goes between reality and dream so suddenly and drastically that it becomes distracting. Many times it has aspects of dream and reality in the same scene and characters cycle through the dream vs reality banter many times. The narrative is consistently too melodramatic with characters overacting to situations. This becomes all the more distracting when the aesthetic of the film is both dream like and realistic. Le Notti Bianche has grand sets made replicating a whole section of a city that feels real. At the same time there is a background with clouds that never move and a full moon that never changes. While the film often has a hazy and washed out feeling it often will have a straight forward typical shot reverse shot or tracking shot as well. It just feels like an opportunity that was missed with an interesting premise with a clash between reality and dream that the narrative has problems synchronizing with the aesthetic. As always Marcello Mastroianni gives a wonderful and charismatic performance. Maria Schell as well shines in the film which is no easy task with such a one dimensional character but she makes it work and gives those looks into the camera that stops you in your tracks. Perhaps if you are more of a romantic you might be able to forgive some of the short comings a bit more since there are good performances and visuals in the film.