''Traveling Companion'' ( it, Compagna di viaggio) is a 1996 Italian

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directed by

Peter Del Monte Peter Del Monte (29 July 1943 – 31 May 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed fifteen films between 1969 and 2021. His 1982 film ''Invitation au voyage'' won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution at the 1982 Ca ...

. It was screened in the

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section at the

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. For her performance

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won the 1997

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for

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Cast

- Cora *

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- Cosimo Giusti *

Lino Capolicchio Lino Capolicchio (21 August 1943 – 3 May 2022) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. He won a special David di Donatello acting award for his role in Vittorio de Sica's 1970 film, '' The Garden of the Finzi-Contini''. Capolicchio ...

- Pepe * Silvia Cohen - Ada * Max Malatesta - Giulio * Sebastiano Colla - Fabio *

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- Raul * Silvana Gasparini - Daria (girl of the pottery workshop) *

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- Cora's mother * Patrizia Pezza - Waitress friend of Cora * Pier Francesco Poggi - Furniture salesman (as Pierfrancesco Poggi) *

Elisabetta Rocchetti Elisabetta Rocchetti (born 25 January 1975, in Rome) is an Italian actress and film director. Biography Elisabetta Rocchetti, daughter of lawyer Nicola Rocchetti, made her film acting debut in 1996, in ''Traveling Companion'', directed by Peter D ...

- Beautician friend *

Teresa Saponangelo Teresa Saponangelo (born 22 October 1973) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Taranto, Saponangelo is the daughter of a workman and a housewife. Her father died when she was two years old, and in 1976 she ...

- Woman in the room (as Maria Teresa Saponangelo) *

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- Porter of hotel

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* 1996 films Italian drama road movies 1990s Italian-language films 1990s drama road movies Films directed by Peter Del Monte Films shot in Rome Films about Alzheimer's disease 1996 drama films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-drama-film-stub