Light in the Piazza

Light in the Piazza

Were they too young for the love they dared?

1962 · 102 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, Romance

A young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother is slender, blonde, beautiful and there is something charmingly naive about her. Fabrizio Naccarelli seems to always know where the mother and daughter will sightsee next. Signor Naccarelli is just as concerned about where this will lead as Mrs. Johnson is. Then she starts thinking that perhaps her daughter can be a wife of a wealthy young man in a society where all she has to do is look beautiful. What happens if Signor Naccarelli finds out who his prospective daughter-in-law really is?

Directed by Guy Green · Written by Elizabeth Spencer

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Olivia de Havilland Meg Johnson
Rossano Brazzi Signor Naccarelli
Yvette Mimieux Clara Johnson Naccarelli
George Hamilton Fabrizio Naccarelli
Isabel Dean Miss Hawtree
Moultrie Kelsall The Minister
Nancy Nevinson Signora Naccarelli
Barry Sullivan Noel Johnson
Peppino De Martino Train Conductor (uncredited)
William E. Greene The Consular Agent (uncredited)
Steve Plytas Concierge (uncredited)
Robert Rietti The Priest (uncredited)

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