Young Distance

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Young Distance
Woman in the Moon (1988 film).jpg
Directed by Vito Zagarrio
Written byVito Zagarrio
Emanuela Martini
Lucio Mandarà
Produced by Grazia Volpi
Starring Greta Scacchi
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Edited by Roberto Perpignani
Music by Franco Piersanti
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Young Distance (Italian : La Donna della Luna, also known as Woman in the Moon, The Moon Woman and The Night of the Full Moon) is a 1988 Italian romantic drama film written and directed by Vito Zagarrio. [1] [2] It was produced by Rete Italia with a budget of about a billion lire. [3]

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Plot

Angela, an Italian-American woman, after many years returned to Sicily to attend the funeral of her father. During the ferry trip she knows Salvo, a teenager who claims to be hunted by the Mafia, because of a quantity of drugs he stole to some criminals. Angela decides to give him a ride and the two embark on a journey through Sicily.

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN   8877424230.
  2. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.
  3. ↑ Leandro Palestini (25 July 1988). "Greta la donna della luna". La Repubblica . Retrieved 25 April 2015.


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