Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera (English titles Open Letter to an Evening Daily and Open Letter to the Evening News) is a 1970 Italian drama film written and directed by Francesco Maselli.[3][4] The film follows the crisis of a group of Communist intellectuals against the background of the Vietnam War.
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| Directed by | Francesco Maselli |
| Written by | Francesco Maselli |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Cinematography | Gerardo Patrizi |
| Edited by | Rolando Salvatori |
| Music by | Giovanna Marini |
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| Distributed by | Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico |
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Running time | 121 minutes[2] |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Nanni Loy: Vanni Dosi
- Mariella Palmich: Dosi's mistress
- Piero Faggioni: Faggioni
- Graziella Galvani: Graziella, Faggioni's wife
- Daniele Dublino: Dublino
- Laura De Marchi: Dublino's wife
- Daniela Surina: Dublino's mistress
- Francesco Maselli: Saverio
- Goliarda Sapienza: Saverio's ex-wife
- Massimo Sarchielli: Sculptor
- Titina Maselli: Sculptor's wife
- Nino Dal Fabbro: Professor Nino Dal Fabbro
- Lorenza Guerrieri: Lorenza, Dal Fabbro's wife
- Monica Strebel: Monica, Dal Fabbro's ex-mistress
- Renato Romano: Screenwriter
- Anna Orso: Screenwriter's wife
- Luciano Telli: Director
- Nicole Karen: Director's wife
- Claudia Rittore: Director's daughter
- Silverio Blasi: Brandi
- Barry Fiefield: Pier Maria, publisher
- Deanna Frosini: Editor's wife
- Vittorio Duse: Butler
- Fabienne Fabre: Student
- Daniele Costantini: Student
- Riccardo Berlingieri: Student
- Gianni Sbarra
- Berto Pelosso
- Bitti Lusignoli
- Tanya Lopert: Dyana Stein
- Gabor Acs: Journalist
- Paolo Pietrangeli: Singer
- Randy Lind
- Nicole Tessier
- Maurizio Ponzi
- Marcello Di Martire
Production and release
editLettera aperta a un giornale della sera was shot on 16 mm film[5] in 1968 and 1969 and released in 1970.[6]
References
edit- ^ Miccichè, Lino (1998). Opaque screens: Italian cinema of the 1980s. Marsilio. p. 376.
- ^ Open Letter to the Evening News (DVD). No Shame. 2006.
- ^ Halligan, Benjamin (2016). Desires for Reality: Radicalism and Revolution in Western European Film. Berghahn Books. p. 177. ISBN 9781785331107.
- ^ Geoffrey Nowell-Smith; James Hay; Gianni Volpi (1996). The companion to Italian cinema. London: Cassell, British Film Institute. p. 78.
- ^ Moliterno, Gino (2020). Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 304.
- ^ Halligan, Benjamin (2016). Desires for Reality: Radicalism and Revolution in Western European Film. Berghahn Books. p. 177. ISBN 9781785331107.
External links
edit- Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera at IMDb
- Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera at Cinematografo
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