The whole evening she was courted by the young prince Livio Savelli. Vanina Vanini, a black-haired girl with a fiery gaze, was proclaimed the queen of the ball.
was giving a ball to which the most beautiful women of Rome were invited. Their feelings are mutual, but the young man has to make a choice between love and duty to the Motherland. An aristocrat falls in love with an ardent young revolutionary who escaped from prison. I'm sure anybody can find a better way to spend his/her time instead of watching this movie.French literature summaries - 2021 Short summary - Vanina Vanini Stendhal - Marie-Henri Beyle Only good thing was the soundtrack, which i found of very good quality, unfortunately without any support from the acting side.
Apart from this, the story has huge flaws, it's very static, stale and boring, dialogues are sheer banalities, passion is lacking and Stoppa's way of interpreting the part doesn't have absolutely anything to do with it. Overall, as some of these actors/actresses performed quite well in other movies, i have to deduce that Rossellini wasn't really capable to effectively direct them properly. paolo stoppa is absolutely unlikely in his part, the young carbonaro doesn't leave any sign of the passionate role he'is supposed to play, Sandra Milo does what she can but her looks are probably more memorable than the acting. The cast is not bad in itself, it's just totally out of context. I mean, it is ridiculously amazing how the story is uninformative, we have no specific time references, apart from some indirect dialogues in the movie, very very basic, should have been articulated a bit more. it is perhaps the most uninteresting movie i've ever saw, and i've seen quite a few. I couldn't watch this film for more than 1 hour. So i took a look at Vanina Vanini, even knowing that the later Rossellini showed a radical change from the earlier works, generally in a deteriorating way. I watched this movie as i found many Rossellini's works crucial for the history of Italian cinema, the likes of Paisa' or Roma Citta' Aperta, Germany year zero, those are well-known masterpieces.
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