Cenerentola '80 (1984)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Roberto Malenotti

Writers:

Ottavio Alessi (writer)
Carlo Cristallini (writer)

Release Date:

16 February 1984 (Italy)

Genre:

Romance | Fantasy | Drama

Plot:

In this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker...

Plot Keywords:

Cinderella | Music | Fairy Tale | Losing A Shoe | Number In Title

Cast

Bonnie Bianco	...	Cindy Cardone
Pierre Cosso	...	Mizio (Miguel Eugitio Marc Antonio Gherardeschi)
Sandra Milo	...	Marianne
Adolfo Celi	...	Principe Goncalvo Gherardeschi
Vittorio Caprioli	...	Harry Cardone
Kendal Kaldwell	...	Muriel Cardone
Sylva Koscina	...	Principessa Mafalda Gherardeschi
Edy Angelillo	...	Carol Cardone
Sabina Segatori	...	Vittoria Gherardeschi
Leonie Forliti	...	Liz Cardone
Franco Caracciolo	...	Egisto Gherardeschi (as Francesco Caracciolo)
Kara Donati	...	Marzia
Robert Giuli	...	Ricky
Jean René Lemoine	...	Mark
Roberto Posse	...	Coronel

Also Known As:

Cendrillon '80 (France)
Cinderella '80

Runtime:

East Germany:110 min (cut) | West Germany:171 min (TV version)

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Radiotelevisione Italiana

Trivia:

Although being broadcast four years after its original TV premiere in Italy, the movie, shown as a four-part mini series, was a big success in Germany and made Bonnie Bianco and Pierre Cosso overnight sensations there (1987).

Soundtrack:

Stay

great romantic movie with superb songs

Well, maybe I'm a little melancholic about this movie, but that's how it is. I saw it when I was about 10 years old and it left a lot of wonderful memories... It's quite possible that when I would see it now, it would be just another of bunch of too-sweet too-impossible romantic affairs, but I saw it just in the proper age when I was just discovering love and thus it imprinted unforgettable experience. When I see it now, all nice things from the past come to life.

The movie is about young wannabe-singer Cindy, which has an evil stepmother and 2 sisters (this, along with her name, is a parallel with original Cinderella). The story unfolds as Cindy (together with her step-family) comes from NY to Rome for a vacation. During this vacation, she is constantly humiliated by her stepmother, but she falls in love with wandering rock-band singer Mizio, who is actually... well find out for yourself. I grant you that if you were teenager in the 80's, you surely won't be disappointed.