Girl with a Suitcase (1961)

Original title

La ragazza con la valigia

Directed by

Valerio Zurlini

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

U

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 112 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who depends on others for a place to stay falls for a man from a wealthy family. His teenage brother becomes infatuated with her, creating a fragile triangle of affection.

melancholicbittersweetslow-burntendernostalgicpoignantvisually lushcharacter-driven

What happens

Girl with a Suitcase (Italian: La ragazza con la valigia, French: La Fille à la valise) is a 1961 romantic drama film co-written and directed by Valerio Zurlini, starring Claudia Cardinale as a spirited but naive young woman who lives on the fluctuating good will of others. It was shown in competition at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included in 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)

Trailer

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