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Light in the Piazza is a american film of genre Drama directed by Julius J. Epstein released in USA on 9 february 1962 with Olivia de Havilland
Light in the Piazza (1962)
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Add to a movie listLight in the Piazza is a 1962 American romantic drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, and Barry Sullivan. Based on the 1960 novel The Light in the Piazza by Elizabeth Spencer, the film is about a beautiful but innocent young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother and the Italian man they meet during one leg of their trip.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Light in the Piazza is notable for its extensive location shooting in 1960s Florence and Rome by the award winning cinematographer Otto Heller.
Synopsis
While taking a summer holiday in Florence with her mother Meg, 26-year-old Clara meets and falls in love with a young Italian named Fabrizio Naccarelli, played by George Hamilton. Fabrizio is blinded by his love for Clara and believes her mental disability to be simple naivety. Meg tries to explain her daughter's condition to Fabrizio's father but the opportunity never seems to be right. Fabrizio's family are taken with Clara and her simple remarks are taken as evidence of her innocence.Actors
Olivia de Havilland
(Meg Johnson)
Rossano Brazzi
(Signor Naccarelli)
Yvette Mimieux
(Clara Johnson Naccarelli)
George Hamilton
(Fabrizio Naccarelli)
Barry Sullivan
(Noel Johnson)
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