Midnight Pleasures (1975)
Midnight Pleasures (1975), directed by Marcello Fondato, starring Claudia Cardinale and Vittorio Gassman.
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Synopsis
Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believing her to be innocent, sets out on her own to find a missing witness that can prove Tina's innocence.
- Pasqualino De SantisCinematography
- Marcello FondatoDirector, Story, Screenplay
- Sergio MontanariEditing
- Elio ScardamagliaProducer
About the film
The Immortal Bachelor (Italian: A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere, lit. 'At Midnight the Pleasure Patrol Goes'), also known as Midnight Pleasures and Midnight Lovers, is a 1975 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Marcello Fondato and starring Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio Gassman, Monica Vitti, Renato Pozzetto and Giancarlo Giannini. It tells the story of a cleaning woman who is accused of killing her husband and of a woman juror who hopes to save her.
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The Immortal Bachelor (Italian: A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere, lit. 'At Midnight the Pleasure Patrol Goes'), also known as Midnight Pleasures and Midnight Lovers, is a 1975 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Marcello Fondato and starring Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio Gassman, Monica Vitti, Renato Pozzetto and Giancarlo Giannini. It tells the story of a cleaning woman who is accused of killing her husband and of a woman juror who hopes to save her.
Plot
Without career or children after years of marriage to Andrea, an unscrupulous businessman, Gabriella is bored with her life. One morning she is summoned to the assize court to be the only female juror in the trial of Tina, a cleaner, accused of murdering her unemployed husband Gino.
Evidence and flashbacks reveal Tina's side of the story, from first meeting Gino to the night when she saw his body disappear into a sewer. Their relationship emerges as an unpredictable mixture of violent fights, heady sex, and periodic infidelities, yet it is clear she loves him still. Instinctively Gabriella feels Tina cannot be guilty, but cannot help contrasting the earthy vitality of the couple's precarious existence with her own comfortable but anaemic life from which love and sex have faded.
When it seems nothing will save Tina, she mentions a rich lover whose identity she had been protecting and who had been able to see the fight in which Gino fell to his death. From the incomplete description, Gabriella realises that it is her husband Andrea. She tries to make him testify, but he swiftly leaves the country. Just as the jurors reach a verdict of guilty, Gabriella having abstained, a surprise witness appears. It is Gino, alive after all and accusing Tina of abandoning the marital home (a shack beside the sea). The two pick up where they left off, fighting and making love.
Cast
Claudia Cardinale as Gabriella
Vittorio Gassman as Andrea
Renato Pozzetto as Fulvio
Monica Vitti as Tina
Giancarlo Giannini as Gino
Silvio Spaccesi as lawyer
References
Further reading
"The Immortal Bachelor". RogerEbert.com. 28 November 1980.
External links
The Immortal Bachelor at IMDb
Text from The Immortal Bachelor on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immortal_Bachelor
Trivia
- It premiered on February 19, 1975, a Wednesday.
- It runs 1h40 — a typical feature length.
- Its original title is "A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere".
- This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.
Production
- StudiosDelfo Cinematografica
- CountriesItaly
- LanguagesItalian
- StatusReleased
More about this film
Set in
- Rome
Cast
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Claudia Cardinale
Gabriella Sansoni -
Vittorio Gassman
Andrea Sansoni -
Monica Vitti
Tina Candela -
Giancarlo Giannini
Gino Benacio -
Renato Pozzetto
Fulvio - Pino Locchi Pubblico Ministero
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Paola Maiolini
Lena -
Silvio Spaccesi
avvocato della difesa -
Giorgio Trestini
Emilio Borghi -
Nino Scardina
cancelliere -
Nestore Cavaricci
Carabiniere - Enzo Visconti
- Maurizio Tocchi
- Nando Villella
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Lorenzo Piani
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Antonella Dogan
Maria - Giovanna Gentile Zia
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Vittorio Fanfoni
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Nestore Cavaricci
carabiniere
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Alfonso Giganti
Uomo in aula
Quiz about this movie
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O Impostor
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Circuito Fechado
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Tags
Crew
- Pasqualino De Santis Cinematography
- Marcello Fondato Director
- Sergio Montanari Editing
- Elio Scardamaglia Producer
- Guido De Angelis Original music
- Maurizio De Angelis Original music
- Francesco Scardamaglia Story
- Francesco Scardamaglia Screenplay
- Marcello Fondato Story
- Marcello Fondato Screenplay
Questions about this film
What is Midnight Pleasures about?
Midnight Pleasures: Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believing her to be innocent, sets out on her own to find a missing wi…
Who directed Midnight Pleasures?
Midnight Pleasures was directed by Marcello Fondato in 1975.
Who stars in Midnight Pleasures?
The cast of Midnight Pleasures includes Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio Gassman, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini and Renato Pozzetto.
How long is Midnight Pleasures?
Midnight Pleasures runs for 100 minutes, or 1h40.
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