La prima notte di quiete
| La prima notte di quiete | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Valerio Zurlini |
| Written by |
Enrico Medioli Valerio Zurlini |
| Starring |
Alain Delon Lea Massari Sonia Petrovna |
| Music by | Mario Nascimbene |
| Cinematography | Dario Di Palma |
| Edited by | Mario Morra |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
Release dates |
11 January 1972 (France) 25 August 1973 (Germany) November 1978 (U.S.) |
Running time | 132 mins |
| Country |
Italy France |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | 1,095,148 admissions (France)[1] |
La prima notte di quiete, released in USA as Indian Summer (from the phrase Der Nachsommer, an insignia of Goethe) is a 1972 Italian and French drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini. It is starred and produced by Alain Delon. In France and Germany it runs less than the Italian cut. It is known and available on DVD in France as Le Professeur (The Professor) and in Germany as Oktober in Rimini (October in Rimini).
Plot
The melodrama is set in the torpid season of the Italian seaside resort Rimini, where the local town "bourgeoisie" pass their time gambling and leading a playboy lifestyle. When a handsome though unkempt phlegmatic Daniel Dominici (Alain Delon) arrives as a substitute teacher of classical languages to the local high school, he arouses their interest and the curiosity of his boorish students. With his non-conformist or dilettante teaching methods and turbulent private life, he draws scrutiny among his teacher colleagues, whilst struggling to tolerate with the cynicism of his depressive partner Monica (Lea Massari). Feeling loneliness, he abandons his difficult partner, spending his nights drinking and gambling with the town's notables, and is soon drawn into a youthful romance, awoken by the attractiveness and mysteriousness of one of his student's Vanina Abati (Sonia Petrovna), where the mischief takes course.
Cast
- Alain Delon: Daniele Dominici
- Sonia Petrovna: Vanina Abati (credited as Sonia Petrova)
- Giancarlo Giannini: Spider
- Lea Massari: Monica, Dominici's partner
- Adalberto Maria Merli: Gerardo Pavani
- Salvo Randone: the president
- Alida Valli: Vanina's mother
- Renato Salvatori: Marcello
- Nicoletta Rizzi: Elvira
- Fabrizio Moroni
- Olga Bisera
- Sandro Moretti
- Krista Nell
- Liana Del Balzo: Daniele's mother
Production
Delon and the director clashed during filmmaking.[1]
Reception
The film was only a mild success in France but was the seventh most popular movie of the year in Italy.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Box office information on film at Box Office story
External links
- La prima notte di quiete at the Internet Movie Database
- Movie review at San Diego Reader
- Movie review at Review site