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A Place for Lovers (1968)
Amanti (original title)

R  88 min  -  Drama | Romance   -  22 August 1969 (USA)
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Julia, a divorced American fashion designer, is dying of a tragic, incurable disease. With only ten days to live... See full summary »

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Writers:

Brunello Rondi (story), Julian Zimet (screenplay) (originally as Julian Halevy), and 4 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview:
Faye Dunaway ...
Julia
Marcello Mastroianni ...
Valerion
Caroline Mortimer Caroline Mortimer ...
Maggie
Karin Engh Karin Engh ...
Griselda
Yvonne Gilbert Yvonne Gilbert ...
Marie
Mirella Pamphili Mirella Pamphili ...
Party guest
Esmeralda Ruspoli Esmeralda Ruspoli ...
Attorney's wife
Enrico Simonetti Enrico Simonetti ...
Party entertainer
David Archell David Archell
Martha Buckman Martha Buckman
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Storyline

Julia, a divorced American fashion designer, is dying of a tragic, incurable disease. With only ten days to live, she spends her time vacationing in an Italian villa and watching television. She spots a TV interview with an Italian engineer Valerio, who designs plastic air bags to protect passengers in automobile collisions. She recognizes his face as having met him before at the airport and calls him up to invite him over to her villa where they decide to spend the next several days together, making love. Julia's friend Maggie reappears and reveals that Julia is actually an escapee from the hospital where she was being treated for her disease. Maggie urges Julia to return to the hospital where she can die a painless death. Julia ignores her and returns to the villa and the arms of her lover. Maggie then telephones Valerio and tells him about Julia's condition. Valerio is willing... Written by alfiehitchie  

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Plot Keywords:

Villa | Disease | Italian | Lover | Days To Live  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Country:

Italy | France

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Amantes See more »

Filming Locations:

Asolo, Treviso, Veneto, Italy See more »

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)
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Trivia

One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. See more »

Quotes

Valerion: Why did you ask me for only two days?
Julia: So you can ask me for the next eight.
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Connections

Edited into Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Place For Lovers, A"
Sung by Ella Fitzgerald See more »