''La cuccagna'', internationally released as ''A Girl... and a Million'', is a 1962 Italian

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directed by

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. In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the

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Plot

Rossella, a beautiful young girl from a working-class family, looks for a job every day, but is disappointed to not be able to find serious employment. She meets Giuliano, a young student, who, for his part, has the will to avoid finding a job at any cost. After attempting suicide together, they make the choice to live each day without obsessing over work.

Cast

* Donatella Turri: Rossella Rubinacci *

Luigi Tenco Luigi Tenco (21 March 1938 – 27 January 1967) was an Italian singer-songwriter. Biography Tenco was born in Cassine (province of Alessandria) in 1938, the son of Teresa Zoccola and Giuseppe Tenco. He never knew his father, who died in uncle ...

: Giuliano *

Umberto D'Orsi Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian. Born in Trieste, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and revu ...

: Dott. Giuseppe Visonà *

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: Diana *

Gianni Dei Gianni Dei (21 December 1940 – 19 October 2020) was an Italian actor and singer. Life and career Born in Bologna, after completing his high school studies Dei moved to Rome to pursue an acting career. He made his film debut in 1960, in ...

: Natalino *

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: Gallery's Owner *

Enzo Petito Enzo Petito (24 July 1897 – 17 July 1967) was an Italian film and stage character actor. A theatre actor under Eduardo De Filippo in the 1950s in the Teatro San Ferdinando of Naples, with whom he was professionally closely associated, Petito al ...

: Galliano Rubinace, Rossella's father *

Corrado Olmi Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020)
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: Visonà's friend *

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: Cementi *

: the Colonel *

Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk fo ...

: a driver (cameo) *

Franco Abbina Franco Abbina (also credited as Franco Abbine or Franco Abbiana, born March 31, 1934, in Rome) is an Italian actor, active until the first half of the 1970s. Biography Born into a family of Spanish descent, before entering the acting field, Abbin ...

: Rossella's brother

References

External links

* 1962 films Italian drama films 1962 drama films Films directed by Luciano Salce Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films set in Rome Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni 1960s Italian films {{1960s-drama-film-stub