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A Free Woman (1954)

A Free Woman poster
Original title
Una donna libera
Directed by
Vittorio Cottafavi
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles with personal freedom and societal expectations in postwar Italy. The story follows her attempts to live independently while facing pressure from family and tradition.

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What happens

A Free Woman (Italian: Una donna libera) is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dario Cecchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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