Scent of a Woman movie storyline. Driven by an extravagant, tour-de-force performance by Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman is the story of Frank Slade (Al Pacino), a blind, retired army colonel who hires Charlie Simms (Chris O’Donnell), a poor college student on the verge of expulsion, to take care of him over Thanksgiving weekend. At the beginning of the weekend, Frank takes Charlie to New York, where he reveals to the student that he intends to visit his family, have a few terrific meals, sleep with a beautiful woman and, finally, commit suicide.
The film follows the mis-matched pair over the course of the weekend, as they learn about life through their series of adventures. Though the story is a little contrived and predictable, it pulls all the right strings, thanks to O’Donnell’s sympathetic supporting role and Pacino’s powerful lead performance, for which he won his first Academy Award. Scent of a Woman is based on the 1975 Italian film Profumo Di Donna.
Scent of a Woman (Italian: Profumo di donna) is a 1974 Commedia all’italiana film directed by Dino Risi, based on Il buio e il miele, a story by Giovanni Arpino. Both Risi and the leading actor Vittorio Gassman won important Italian and French awards. An American remake, Scent of a Woman, was released in 1992.
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Directed by: Dino Risi
Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli, Moira Orfei, Franco Ricci, Elena Veronese, Lorenzo Piani, Stefania Spugnini, Torindo Bernardi, Marisa Volonnino, Carla Mancini
Screenplay by: Ruggero Maccari
Production Design by: Lorenzo Baraldi
Cinematography by: Claudio Cirillo
Film Editing by: Alberto Gallitti
Costume Design by: Benito Persico
Music by: Armando Trovajoli
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: December 20, 1974
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