The Cricket (1980 film)

The Cricket
Directed byAlberto Lattuada
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDanilo Desideri
Music byFred Bongusto
Distributed byNIR
Release date
  • 18 April 1980 (1980-04-18)
Running time
101 min.
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Cricket (Italian: La Cicala) is a 1980 Italian erotic drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. For this film Virna Lisi was awarded David di Donatello for best actress, while Fred Bongusto won the Nastro d'Argento for best score.[1]

Plot summary

As noted in a January 2007 edit summary the following is lifted word for word from IMDb where it is bylined as by Mark van Dyke (Symian) of RealmBBS.

Clio plays a fun-loving girl who likes men. She leaves her home town and meets up with Wilma, a once-famous singer. After Wilma bombs out at a local joint they hook up together and become prostitutes.

Enter Tony who falls for Wilma and opens a gas/food/lodging establishment after they marry. Tony slowly gets fed up with Wilma, especially after her beautiful daughter arrives. An erotic yet tragic film.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.


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