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Scent of a Woman (Italian: Profumo di donna) is a 1974 Commedia all'italiana film directed by Dino Risi, based on Il buio e il miele, a story by Giovanni Arpino. Both Risi and the leading actor Vittorio Gassman won important Italian and French awards. An American remake, Scent of a Woman, was released in 1992.
| Scent of a Woman | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dino Risi |
| Produced by | Pio Angeletti Adriano De Micheli |
| Written by | Ruggero Maccari Dino Risi |
| Based on | Il buio e il miele by Giovanni Arpino |
| Starring | Vittorio Gassman Alessandro Momo Agostina Belli |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Cinematography | Claudio Cirillo |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (USA) |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Screenplay
A blind Italian captain (Fausto Consolo), accompanied by his aide Ciccio (Giovanni Bertazzi), who has been assigned to him by the army, is on his way from Turin to Naples to meet with an old comrade who was also disfigured in the same military incident. Unknown to his aide, the Captain means to fulfill a suicide pact there. While they journey, the Captain asks Ciccio to help him spot beautiful women. Unsatisfied with the boy's descriptions, he uses his nose instead, claiming that he can smell a beautiful woman. During their journey, he carries with him a picture of his beloved Sara, whom he could not bear to have see him disfigured and helpless. The suicide pact is eventually thwarted once Sara enters the picture, and the boy Ciccio does some much-needed growing up.
- Vittorio Gassman: Fausto Consolo
- Alessandro Momo: Giovanni Bertazzi
- Agostina Belli: Sara
- Moira Orfei: Mirka
- Torindo Bernardi: Vincenzo
- Alvaro Vitali: Vittorio
- Profumo di donna was nominated for Two Academy Awards in 1976 as Best Foreign Film, and as Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material.
- David di Donatello, Best Actor (Vittorio Gassman), 1975
- David di Donatello, Best Director (Dino Risi), 1975
- Nastro d'Argento, Best Actor (Vittorio Gassman), 1975
- 1975 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor (Vittorio Gassman)
- César Award for Best Foreign Film, 1976
- List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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