Complete credited cast: | |||
Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Miss Bentley | |
Edward Fox | ... | Major Wilshaw | |
Uma Thurman | ... | Miss Beaumont | |
Alida Valli | ... | Signora Fascioli | |
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Carlo Cartier | ... | Mr. Bonizzoni |
Alessandro Gassmann | ... | Vittorio Balsari (as Alessandro Gassman) | |
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Natalia Bizzi | ... | Signora Bonizzoni |
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Frances Nacman | ... | 1st American Lady |
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Paolo Lombardi | ... | Enrico |
Riccardo Rossi | ... | Guido | |
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Sonia Martinelli | ... | Maria |
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Veronica Wells | ... | 2nd American Lady |
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Carlotta Bresciani | ... | Bonizzoni Angel |
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Bianca Tognocchi | ... | Bonissoni Angel |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Ayanta Barilli |
For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they meet for cocktails and Miss Bentley stands him up -- not even thinking about it -- as she helps the new nanny of an Italian family settle in. Miss Beaumont, a tall, young American who has dropped out of finishing school in Switzerland, is bored and finds some amusement in flirting with the major, whose libido is awakened for the first time since before the great war. And Miss Bentley now finds more about the major to admire than his ears. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
I chose this movie for our Valentine's night movie and it was perfect! It is a romance for and about mature people -- that is, people in the later years of their lives. If you are in your teens or even 20's, this movie may not appeal to you. And if you like hot, sweaty sexual scenes, it will definitely disappoint. It is flirtatious, funny, elegant, tasteful, uplifting and amusing. The scenery and setting at Lake Como, Italy in 1937 are serene and beautiful. They don't make many movies like this anymore; finding this 1995 jewel was a rare pleasure.