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Passion of Love is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Ettore Scola released in USA on 5 october 1981 with Bernard Giraudeau
Passion of Love (1981)
Passione d’amore
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Add to a movie listPassion of Love (Italian: Passione d'amore) is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. Adapted from the novel Fosca by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.
The film served as the basis for Passion, a Broadway musical written in 1994 by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
Synopsis
Giorgio (Bernard Giraudeau), un militaire de carrière, décide de coucher sur le papier les souvenirs d'une période particulièrement douloureuse de sa vie, cinq années plus tôt, caractérisée par l'amour de deux femmes que tout oppose: Clara et Fosca.Actors
Bernard Giraudeau
(Giorgio Biachetti)
Laura Antonelli
(Clara)
Valeria D'Obici
(Fosca)
Massimo Girotti
(Colonel)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
(Le médecin major)
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