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Desperate Farewell (1955)

Desperate Farewell poster
Original title
Disperato addio
Directed by
Lionello De Felice
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor faces a challenging medical case that strains his personal life and professional ethics. The story unfolds in a 1950s Italian hospital setting.

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What happens

Desperate Farewell (Italian: Disperato addio) is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Girotti, Lise Bourdin and Andrea Checchi. It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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