The Story of Piera
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Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
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Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Languages | Italian, West Germany |
The Story of Piera(Italian:Storia di Piera) is a 1983 Italiandrama filmdirected byMarco Ferreri.[1]Hanna Schygullawon the award forBest Actressat the1983 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
[edit]The film starts in one of the new towns ofLatinawith the birth of Piera, daughter of the somewhat unbalanced Eugenia and her apparently sane husband Lorenzo, who has a job with thePCI.Eugenia's behaviour at home and in public becomes increasingly erratic and when on top of this Lorenzo loses his post, the strain puts him into a mental hospital. Piera leaves school to work for a dressmaker and pursues her dream of acting, eventually breaking into television and theatre. Interleaved with her outside life we see her sexual development, from kissing neighbourhood boys to a lesbian relationship while she is in hospital with breathing problems and finally to adult men. While Piera is maturing as a woman and as an actress, Eugenia is deteriorating and has to be locked away. The film ends with Piera taking her mother out for the day to a deserted beach, where the two women undress and hug each other tightly in a moment of natural tenderness.
Cast
[edit]- Isabelle Huppertas Piera
- Hanna Schygullaas Eugenia
- Marcello Mastroiannias Lorenzo
- Angelo Infantias Tito and as actor playing Jason
- Tanya Lopertas Elide
- Bettina Grühnas the young Piera
- Renato Cecchetto
- Maurizio Donadonias Massimo
- Aiché Nanàas the midwife
- Girolamo Marzano
- Lidia Montanarias "Cento mille lires"
- Laura Trotteras young midwife
- Marina Zanchi
- Lina Bernardi
- Elisabetta Ambrosini
- Fiametta Baraila
- Serana Bennato
- Rita Caldana
- Cristina Forti
- Loredana Bertè(herself, singer "Sei bellissima")
References
[edit]- ^"NY Times: The Story of Piera".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.2012. Archived fromthe originalon 21 October 2012.Retrieved30 March2009.
- ^"Festival de Cannes: The Story of Piera".festival-cannes.com.Retrieved16 June2009.
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