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Guendalina

  • 19571957
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
155
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Guendalina (1957)
  • Comedy
A teenage girl vacations in the Italian Riviera during the summer with her wealthy parents; as her parents bicker and contemplate divorce, the young girl finds love in the arms of a handsome... Read allA teenage girl vacations in the Italian Riviera during the summer with her wealthy parents; as her parents bicker and contemplate divorce, the young girl finds love in the arms of a handsome student.A teenage girl vacations in the Italian Riviera during the summer with her wealthy parents; as her parents bicker and contemplate divorce, the young girl finds love in the arms of a handsome student.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
155
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  • Director
    • Alberto Lattuada
  • Writers
    • Valerio Zurlini(story)
    • Leonardo Benvenuti(screenplay)
    • Piero De Bernardi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jacqueline Sassard
    • Raf Mattioli
    • Sylva Koscina
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alberto Lattuada
  • Writers
    • Valerio Zurlini(story)
    • Leonardo Benvenuti(screenplay)
    • Piero De Bernardi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jacqueline Sassard
    • Raf Mattioli
    • Sylva Koscina
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    • 4User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Raf Mattioli and Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)
    Raf Mattioli and Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)
    Raf Mattioli and Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)
    Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)
    Raf Mattioli and Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)
    Sylva Koscina and Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)
    Guendalina (1957)
    Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)
    Jacqueline Sassard in Guendalina (1957)

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    Jacqueline Sassard
    Jacqueline Sassard
    • Guendalina Redaellias Guendalina Redaelli
    Raf Mattioli
    Raf Mattioli
    • Oberdan Pancanias Oberdan Pancani
    • (as Raffaele Mattioli)
    Sylva Koscina
    Sylva Koscina
    • Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalinaas Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalina
    Leda Gloria
    • Madre di Oberdanas Madre di Oberdan
    Lili Cerasoli
    • Bianchina Normanas Bianchina Norman
    • (as Lilly Cerasoli)
    Fanny Landini
    • Attilia, la camerieraas Attilia, la cameriera
    Loretta Capitoli
    • Ragazzina sordaas Ragazzina sorda
    Leonardo Botta
    • Gianlucaas Gianluca
    Antonio Mambretti
    • Industrialeas Industriale
    Flavia Solivani
    • Italia, sorella di Oberdanas Italia, sorella di Oberdan
    Tonino Cianci
    • Primo ragazzo in macchinaas Primo ragazzo in macchina
    Enzo Cerusico
    • Postinoas Postino
    Giancarlo Cobelli
    • Memo, il barbiereas Memo, il barbiere
    Decimo Cristiani
    • Secondo ragazzo in macchinaas Secondo ragazzo in macchina
    Fiorella Lavelli
    Titti Fabiani
    Nadia Scarpitta
    Piero Malò
    • Director
      • Alberto Lattuada
    • Writers
      • Valerio Zurlini(story)
      • Leonardo Benvenuti(screenplay)
      • Piero De Bernardi(screenplay)
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    7/10
    Sassard's doe-like eyes .
    Jacqueline Sassard had an atypical career : "Guendalina " was her debut and she gave up on acting just ten years after , and much to her fans ' surprise , after two important works :Losey 's "accident" and Chabrol's "les biches" ;she had said that if the latter was a success,she would call it a day because she wanted to end her career on an "idyllic note" ;she passed away last year , and one has never seen her getting old on the screen .....

    ......which is fine with me,because she's one of the most beautiful girls of the French cinema -though her career was mainly Italian-;her eyes and her long eyelashes ,she 's eye candy ; the French long-haired Audrey Hepburn indeed!

    -"Guendalina is part valid psychological drama part soap opera ; it owes a lot to the principal which has plenty of go and makes her portrayal less derivative than it appears at first sight :the spoilt young girl who's got everything (who cares for your transistor ? -it was 1957- daddy gives me all that I want !) but whose parents' marriage is on the rocks.

    A daddy (the great Raf Vallone ) she's certainly in love with ;the final sequence ,when she cries her heart out,is it for her boyfriend? Or is it because dad fell for mom again?

    Statuesque SIlva Koscina as mom is totally miscast ;check her date of birth :she's only seven years Sassard 's senior!

    There's an interesting sharp contrast between Guendalina's high bourgeois dwelling and her boyfriend's modest flat ; the raincoat is symbolic -for his mother , it's a great loss,much to his humiliation -and plays a prominent part till the very end ;it's the vital lead between the world where you can take everything for granted and the working class milieu where you have to work hard to secure your future (the exam ,which oddly concerns only history and geography ,is an easy way out though).

    It's strange to see bourgeois Sassard (whose birthday gift is a tape recorder, in 1957!) enter a less privileged word; in her final movie ,"les biches" ,it's the other way about :a girl who draws does (=biches) on the sidewalk enters the wealthy word of Chabrol's bourgeoisie .
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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1957 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • 芽ばえ
    • Production companies
      • CEI Incom
      • Carlo Ponti Cinematografica
      • Les Films Marceau
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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