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''Brief Season'' ( it, Una breve stagione, also known as ''As Long as it Lasts'') is a
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Italian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written and directed by
Renato Castellani Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 in Varigotti, Liguria – 28 December 1985 in Rome) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, a hamlet at the time of Final Pia, ...
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Plot

Johnny is a young American who lives in
Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...
, where he exercises the profession of stockbroker. Luisa is a Swedish girl who works as a simultaneous translator at the FAO. They meet on the occasion of a TV show, and fall in love. Johnny, intending to secure a future for himself and Luisa, sells some securities in his care to attempt a stock market speculation based on some confidential information, but things do not go as expected.


Cast

* Christopher Jones as Johnny *
Pia Degermark Pia Charlotte Degermark (born 24 August 1949) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Elvira Madigan in the 1967 drama film ''Elvira Madigan'', for which she won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Career Born Pia Char ...
as Luisa * Antonello Trombadori as Luisa's father * Angelo Boscariol *
Valeria Sabel Valeria Sabel (7 April 1928 – 18 August 2009) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1964 to 2009. In '' Godfather III'' she played the role of ''Sister Vincenza''. Selected filmography References External ...
* Bianca Doria


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* 1969 films Italian romantic drama films 1969 romantic drama films Films directed by Renato Castellani Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films produced by Dino De Laurentiis Trading films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-drama-film-stub