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Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman

19747.41h 43m

Overview

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.

Directed by Dino Risi
Written by Giovanni Arpino, Dino Risi, Ruggero Maccari
Produced by Adriano De Micheli, Pio Angeletti
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Top Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Fausto Consolo

Alessandro Momo

Alessandro Momo

Giovanni Bertazzi, aka Ciccio

Agostina Belli

Agostina Belli

Sara

Moira Orfei

Moira Orfei

Mirka

Franco Ricci

Franco Ricci

Giacomino

Elena Veronese

Elena Veronese

Michelina

Lorenzo Piani

Lorenzo Piani

Stefania Spugnini

Stefania Spugnini

Candida

T

Torindo Bernardi

Vincenzo

M

Marisa Volonnino

Ines

Themes & Keywords

dancingrome, italygunnaples, italyroad tripblindsoldierblindnesssuicide pactblind manarmy cadet

About Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman is a comedy, drama film released in 1974 exploring themes of dancing, rome, italy, gun, naples, italy, road trip, blind. Directed by Dino Risi, it stars Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli. An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.

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