The Circumstance (1974)
La circostanza
Laura, a woman of a certain age with full grown children who, by all indications should be leading a great life, but actually, she appears to have none. She comes from a wealthy family. Laura has made herself a lawyer with a nice practice. Her placid existence comes to an abrupt stop when a young motorcyclist suffers an accident almost in front o her. Laura is made to take the youth to the hospital. The incident will change the way she looks at things. Laura becomes obsessed with the young man that was almost killed.
- Date of release
- 1974-04-09
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Ermanno Olmi
Casting
- Ada Savelli — Laura, the Mother
- Gaetano Porro — The Father
- Raffaella Bianchi — Silvia
- Mario Sireci — Tommaso
- Massimo Tabak — Beppe, the Eldest Son
- Barbara Pezzuto — Anna, Beppe's Wife
- Giorgio Roncaglia — The Blind Boy
- Enrico Bertoni
- Rodolfo Bignami
- Roberto Birago
- Aleardo Coatti
- Renato Franco
Interesting facts
The Circumstance is a 1973 Italian drama film written, directed and edited by Ermanno Olmi. The film was screened at the 1974 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it received a special mention.
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