Smog (1962)

Director:

Franco Rossi

Writers:

Franco Brusati (story)
Pasquale Festa Campanile (screenplay)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Enrico Maria Salerno	...	Vittorio
Annie Girardot	...	Gabriela
Renato Salvatori	...	Mario
Max Showalter		(as Casey Adams)
Susan Miller
John Phillip Law
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Len Lesser

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Titanus

Quotes:

Vittorio: You'll never get anywhere with people when you enter their house through the kitchen.

Exceptional film

Amazing Italian film directed by the great Franco Rossi. He was able to show, with a great style and costume satire, a day spent in Los Angeles by an Italian visitor accidentally there for 24 hours while waiting for his visa. Brilliantly acted by a superb cast that includes Enrico Maria Salerno, Renato Salvatori and Annie Girardot and beautifully shot in a sumptuous black and white, this masterpiece of a film still remains after forty years since it was made, the perfect portrait of the city of LA and some of the residents. No movie has ever showed the Los Angeles life in such a funny, romantic, nostalgic way. It is a rare, unique film. Do not miss it, if you can find it!