Road to Salina (1970)

Original title

La Route de Salina

Directed by

Georges Lautner

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drifter stops at a roadside diner run by a lonely woman who insists he is her long-lost son. He stays and becomes entangled in family secrets and the allure of the woman's troubled daughter.

broodingmysteriousslow-burntensemelancholicatmosphericunsettlingsultry

What happens

The Road to Salina (French: La Route de Salina; Italian: Quando il sole scotta) is a 1970 psychological thriller film directed by Georges Lautner. It stars Robert Walker, Mimsy Farmer and Rita Hayworth. The film is based on Maurice Cury's novel Sur la Route de Salina. A French–Italian coproduction, it was shot in English in the Canary Islands. Interiors were shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris with sets designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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