The Scent of the Night (film)

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The Scent of the Night
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Directed by Claudio Caligari
Written byClaudio Caligari
Dido Sacchettoni
Starring Valerio Mastandrea
Cinematography Maurizio Calvesi
Music by Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
CountryItaly
Language Italian

The Scent of the Night (Italian : L'odore della notte) is a 1998 Italian crime-drama film directed by Claudio Caligari. It is loosely based on the novel Le notti di arancia meccanica by Dido Sacchettoni. [1]

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The film premiered at the 1998 Venice Film Festival. [2] It was nominated for three Nastro d'Argento Awards. [3]

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Release

In October 2025, the film was screened as 'A Tribute to Claudio Caligari' at the 20th Rome Film Festival. [4]

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
  2. Maria Pia Fusco (18 August 1998). "Storie da arancia meccanica nell' Italia dei Settanta". La Repubblica . Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. "Tornatore favorito ai Nastri". La Repubblica. 27 March 1999.
  4. "Festa del Cinema di Roma 2025, il programma completo (diretta)" [Rome Film Fest 2025: Full program (live)]. Ciak Magazine (in Italian). 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.