Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
Directed by Valerio Zurlini
Genres - Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Drama |
Run Time - 96 min. |
Countries - France, Italy |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The title character, played by Claudia Cardinale, is a young woman who heads out alone to the big city after being dumped by her lover. She is befriended and protected by her ex-suitor's younger brother Jacques Perrin, who eventually becomes her new romance, despite the difference in ages (Perrin is 16, while Cardinale is...somewhat older). When Cardinale begins a new relationship with a musician, she tries to let Perrin down easily, but the young man is too headstrong for that. When they finally do part, Perrin gives Cardinale a large sum of money as a farewell gift. Despite the fact that Claudia Cardinale subsists off the kindness of strangers in this film, Girl With a Suitcase (originally La Fille de La Valise in France and La Ragazza Con la Valigia in Italy) treats her character with warmth and sympathy.
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big-city, break-up [romantic], brother, money, musician, relationship, singer