Thursday 5 December 2024 at 6.30pm
In Italian with English subtitles
La prima notte di quiete (Indian Summer)
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Screenplay: Valerio Zurlini and Enrico Medioli
Cast: Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Giancarlo Giannini, Alida Valli, Lea Massari and Renato Salvatori
Drama/ Romance/1972/2h 12min/colour
The film tells the story of a gifted but restless young man who cannot live up to the high traditions of his family and survives in obscurity, taking casual teaching jobs and living in a loveless partnership with a depressed woman. His aimless existence reaches a crisis point when he falls for one of his pupils, a beautiful but mysterious girl.
Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker.
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