Viper (film)

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Viper
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Directed by Sergio Citti
Written by Sergio Citti
Andrea Crisanti
Vincenzo Cerami
Cinematography Blasco Giurato
Music by Nicola Piovani

Viper (Italian : Vipera) is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Sergio Citti. [1] [2]

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Premise

Sicily between the end of World War II and the fifties. Vipera (Elide Melli) is the wife of a sicilian smithy. She meets a man who shows her that life can be better and she promptly leaves her husband and young daughter.

Cast

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References

  1. Maurizio De Benedictis (2008). Sergio Citti. Lo "straniero" del cinema italiano. Lithos, 2008. ISBN   978-8889604373.
  2. Deborah Young (July 6, 2001). "Review: 'Viper'". Variety . Retrieved 23 March 2014.