Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini star as two people from very different worlds who fall in love in A Night Full of Rain. When romantic Italian journalist Paolo (Giannini) rescues American photographer Lizzy (Bergen) from a scuffle in an Italian village, his efforts at romance lead nowhere. But when the couple meet again in San Francisco, Paolo does succeed in wooing Lizzy. Now, can their love overcome the differences between the traditional Italian Communist and the modern, liberated American woman that threaten to tear the two apart?
A Night Full of Rain (Italian: La Fine del Mondo nel Nostro Solito Letto in una Notte Piena di Pioggia; literal English translation: The end of the world in our usual bed on a night full of rain) is an Italian American film directed by Lina Wertmüller and stars Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini.
Lina Wertmüller was nominated as best director at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978. The plot concerns a romantic and heart-breaking relationship between a chauvinist Italian journalist and a feminist American photographer. The film was shot in San Francisco and Rome and was the director’s first film with original dialogue in the English language.
Night Full of Rain (1978)
Directed by: Lina Wertmüller
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen, Michael Tucker, Mario Scarpetta, Lucio Amelio, Massimo Wertmüller, Anne Byrne Hoffman, Flora Carabella, Anita Paltrinieri, Giuliana Carnescecchi
Screenplay by: Lina Wertmüller
Cinematography by: Giuseppe Rotunno
Film Editing by: Franco Fraticelli
Costume Design by: Benito Persico
Art Direction by: Enrico Job
Music by: Roberto De Simone
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: January 29, 1978
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