A Girl... and a Million

A Girl... and a Million
A Girl... and a Million
Directed by	Luciano Salce
Written by	Alberto Bevilacqua; Goffredo Parise; Carlo Romano; Luciano Vincenzoni
Cinematography	Erico Menczer
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Language	Italian

La cuccagna, internationally released as A Girl... and a Million, is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Salce.^[1]^[2]

In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.^[3]

Plot[]

Rossella, a beautiful young girl that lives in a family of popular class,^{[clarification needed]} looks for a job every day but she is disappointed after not being able to find serious work. She meet Giuliano, a young student, that instead not have the will to found a work for any cost.^{[clarification needed]} After attempting suicide together, they make the choice to live each day without obsession over work.

Cast[]

: Rossella Rubinacci
Luigi Tenco: Giuliano
Umberto D'Orsi: Dott. Giuseppe Visonà
Liù Bosisio: Diana
Gianni Dei: Natalino
Piero Gerlini: Gallery's Owner
Enzo Petito: Galliano Rubinace, Rossella's father
Corrado Olmi: Visonà's friend
: Cementi
Luciano Salce: the Colonel
Ugo Tognazzi: a driver (cameo)
: Rossella's brother

References[]

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia & Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
^ Andrea Pergolari. Verso la commedia: momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile. Firenze libri, 2002.
^ Simone Pinchiorri (28 July 2008). "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Questi Fantasmi: Cinema Italiano Ritrovato (1946 – 1975)"". CinemaItaliano. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

External links[]

A Girl... and a Million at IMDb

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[60-69_a-l-1] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia & Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.

[2] Andrea Pergolari. Verso la commedia: momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile. Firenze libri, 2002.

[3] Simone Pinchiorri (28 July 2008). "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Questi Fantasmi: Cinema Italiano Ritrovato (1946 – 1975)"". CinemaItaliano. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

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