A Place for Lovers
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Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
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Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
Edited by | Adriana Novelli |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 88 minutes[1] |
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The film stars
Plot
Fashion designer Julia is tired of living because she is suffering from malignant cancer. When she leaves for her last holiday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, she meets the vital Valerio. The two fall in love instantly, but Julia does not reveal her secret to Valerio. When Valerio learns that she's dying, he pretends to know nothing, continuing the love affair until the end.
Cast
- Faye Dunaway as Julia
- Marcello Mastroianni as Valerio
- Caroline Mortimer as Maggie
- Enrico Simonetti as party host
- Karin Eugh as Griselda
- Esmeralda Ruspoli as attorney's wife
- Yvonne Gilbert as Marie
- Mirella Pamphili as party guest
- David Archell
- Martha Buckman
Soundtrack
Ella Fitzgerald provides two songs: the title song and "Lonely Is." Both songs may be found on the Verve release Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1.[3]
Reception
A Place for Lovers opened to generally negative reviews.
The film is widely considered among the worst of all time and was listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time, which called the film "a putrid tearjerker." The Italian edition of Vanity Fair included it on its list of the 20 worst films.[8]
See also
- List of films considered the worst
- Agnes Varda's 1962 film that is similar in content
- Italian neorealism
- 8 1/2, Federico Fellini's 1963 film featuring Mastroianni
References
- ^ "A Place for Lovers". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "A Place for Lovers". Variety. (31 December 1968).
- ^ Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol.1 - Ella Fitzgerald. AllMusic.
- ^ "A Place for Lovers Movie Review (1969) | Roger Ebert".
- ^ Medved, Harry (1978). The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. Fawcett Columbine.
- ^ Chris Tookey. "Place for Lovers". Movie-Film-Review.
- ^ Manny Farber (October 1969). "The Wild Bunch, Easy Rider, More, the Gypsy Moths, the Rain People, and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice". Artforum.
- ^ Pellegrini, Francesca (25 February 2018). "I 20 film più brutti di sempre". Vanity Fair (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2019.