''La nottata'' () is a 1974

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directed by

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Plot

The film is set in

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, where Susy and Angela meet in a club bathroom. There, they take possession of a ring forgotten by a lady. After going to

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, they meet Vito, a

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-driver who promises to help them selling the ring. The search for a buyer begins at a fence's house and continues until a party at the house of Destino, a

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, where a jeweler buys the ring at a fraudulent price that the trio are forced to pay. But, after going out and loading a "''life boy''" (ragazzo di vita In Italy, the ''ragazzi di vita'' are unemployed boys who walk the sidewalks at night to wait for customers and who dream of a good life, but who most often end their lives sadly, in disease and drugs. See also the

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Ragazzi di vita by

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

.) in the car, they realize that the money is gone. Despite this setback, the evening continues and, after a meeting with Marta and Davide, a rich vicious couple who involve them in erotic games, the two girls fight, to the disappointment of Susy who seems not to accept the greatest success of Angela with men. At this moment the three separate: Angela spends a disappointing night with Piero, a young boy met in the

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of the vicious couple, while Susy goes to the station to leave Milan. In the morning the two girls meet again and after confessing that Angela took the money that seemed to have disappeared and Susy managed to steal the ring from the jeweler, they become friends.

Cast

Sara Sperati Sara Sperati (born October 7, 1956), born as Adele Sperati, was an Italian film actress. She was a minor starlet in 1970s Italian genre films. Selected filmography *'' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1974, as Adele Sperati) *''La nottata'' (1974) *'' I ...

: Susy * Susanna Javicoli: Angela *

Giancarlo Prete Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor. After he worked in the cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create t ...

: Vito, taxi-driver * Max Delys: Piero *

Giorgio Albertazzi Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director. Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spen ...

: Destino *

Martine Brochard Martine Brochard (born 2 April 1944) is a French actress and writer. Life and career Born in Paris, Brochard debuted in 1968 in a minor role in François Truffaut's '' Baisers volés''. In 1970, she moved to Italy, where she became a minor s ...

: Marta *

Claudio Cassinelli Claudio Cassinelli (13 September 1938 – 13 July 1985) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Bologna to Giuseppina Tafani and Antonio Cassinelli, a well known opera singer, he had two sisters, Paola Cr ...

: Davide *

Raoul Casadei Raoul Casadei (15 August 1937 – 13 March 2021) was an Italian bandleader, composer and musician. The leader for about 40 years of Orchestra Casadei, he was nicknamed "Re del Liscio" ('King of Liscio'). Life and career Born in Gatteo, the nephe ...

: himself *

Giuliana Calandra Giuliana Calandra (10 February 1936 – 25 November 2018) was an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess. Life and career Born in Moncalieri, Giuliana Calandra debuted in 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini's ''La ric ...

: the owner of the ring * Riccardo Berlingieri * Aldo Bonamano * Emilio Lo Curcio * Francesco Bagagli *

Elisa Mainardi Elisa Mainardi (27 July 1930 – 8 May 2016) was an Italian stage, film, and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Mainardi studied at the acting school of Peter Sharoff, and debuted on stage in 1956, in Ottavio Spadaro's ''Corruzi ...

* Delio Cioni * Luciana Passin * Angelo Pellegrino: the fence * Benedetto Simonelli * Gino Uras * Gabriele Villa

References

External links

* 1974 films 1974 drama films Italian drama films 1970s Italian-language films Films set in 1974 Films set in Italy Films set in Milan 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub