Tre donne - La sciantosa

Tre donne - La sciantosa

1971 · 92 min · ★ 7.7 · Drama

La Sciantosa is part of a project created by writer/director Alfredo Gianetti for the Italian TV. The objective was to portrait a hundred years of Italian history through three movies, all of them with Anna Magnani. The other two are "1943: un incontro" and "L'autmobile". In this first movie, La Magnani is Flora Torres, a "sciantosa" (kind of a small stage diva) who is forgotten during the WWI, living only to remember her past glory. One day she receives a letter to present herself to the high command. There, Flora is called to go to the front and entertain the troops. Along with her maid Cristina, Flora goes to the front. There they are welcomed by the young private Tonino (Massimo Ranieri). Flora starts to act like a prima donna, making absurd demands to everyone. But when she is about to present herself, the vision of the wounded soldiers makes her change her way

Directed by Alfredo Giannetti · Written by Alfredo Giannetti

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Anna Magnani Flora Torres
Massimo Ranieri Tonino / young soldier
Rosita Pisano Cristina
Renato Romano Acerbi / The captain-Captain
Nico Pepe Saporetti
Mario Molli Biagio
Carlo Dori
Nino Drago
Benito Artesi
Vittorio Fanfoni
Luigi Barbini
Roberto Della Casa

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