Caldo soffocante
Synopsis
Marie-Christine, jeune femme au caractère renfermé et buté, part à la recherche de la propriétaire d’un sac qu’elle a trouvé, s’appuyant sur les divers indices trouvés dans le sac perdu : un passeport et un billet d’avion pour le lendemain…
Director
After working as a writer for «Il Giorno» and «Tempo Illustrato», and working on the cultural columns of «Il Messagero» and «La republica», Giovanna Gagliardo, born in 1941 near Turin, started writing for the screen and wrote the scripts of the TV show « La vita è romanzo», then for cinema, on «L’amica» and Nelo Risi’s «Una stagione all’inferno». She then became director Miklos Jancso’s assistant before directing herself several documentaries like «Passi nella memoria» and «Cinecittà». In 1978, she directed her first long feature, «Maternale», selected at the Directors’ Fortnight, then, in 1980, a TV film, «Il sogno dell’altro». In 1983, «Via degli specchi», her second cinema long feature, is presented at the Berlin Film Festival. «Caldo Soffocante» is her third long feature.
Ennio Fantastichini
Gabriele Ferzetti
Jacques Sernas
Laura Betti
Maurizio Fardo
Scénario
Giovanna GagliardoEnnio de Concini
Image
Cristiano Pogany
Son
Mario Dallimonti
Montage
Roberto Perpignani
Décors
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production : Silvio Berlusconi Communications à Rome Vente à l’étranger : Adriana Chiesa Enterprises à Rome

Title in Original Version : Chaleur Etouffante