A Woman on Fire

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A Woman on Fire
Brucia, ragazzo, brucia.jpg
Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Starring Françoise Prévost
Edited by Mario Morra
Music by Gino Peguri
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

A Woman on Fire (Italian : Brucia, ragazzo, brucia, also known as Burn, Boy, Burn) is a 1969 Italian erotic-drama film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo. It gained a great commercial success and launched the career of Di Leo as director. [1]

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References

  1. Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999.