A Night Full of Rain

1978 film by Lina Wertmüller

1978 (1978)

Running time

104 minutesCountriesItaly
United StatesLanguageEnglish

A Night Full of Rain (Italian: La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia; literal English translation: The end of the world in our usual bed on a night full of rain) is a 1978 Italian American film directed by Lina Wertmüller and stars Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini.^[1]

Lina Wertmüller was nominated as best director at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

The plot concerns a romantic and heart-breaking relationship between a chauvinist Italian journalist and a feminist American photographer.

The film was shot in San Francisco and Rome and was the director's first film with original dialogue in the English language.^[1]

Plot

Two good looking lads meet while the girl is in a situation in some small Italian village. As they escape in an abandoned cloister, the man try to seduce the lady with manipulation techniques. As he makes fun of her, she refuses herself to him. and almost raping her. Randomly meeting later in San Francisco, the guy hits again on her and manage to seduce her to get married with a child. A troubled marriage for a troubled pair.

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini as Paolo
Candice Bergen as Lizzy
Michael Tucker as Friend
Mario Scarpetta as Friend
Lucio Amelio as Friend
Massimo Wertmüller as Friend
Anny Papa as Friend
Anne Byrne Hoffman as Friend
Flora Carabella as Friend
Anita Paltrinieri as Friend
Giuliana Carnescecchi as Friend
Alice Colombo Oxman as Friend
Jill Eikenberry
Paola Ojetti
Enzo Vitale
Paola Silvia Rotunno
John West Buchanan
Lilli Carati (as Ileana Caravati)
Alison Tucker

References

^ ^a ^b Canby, Vincent (January 30, 1978). "The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain (1978) New Lina Wertmuller Movie:Her First in English". The New York Times.