Summary
During a yachting trip, Liza gets into an argument with her friends and
jumps overboard. She swims ashore and finds herself on a
small island whose only inhabitants are a hermit, Giorgio, and his dog,
Molampo. Liza takes an immediate liking to Giorgio, who has made
a nice home for himself in a rock, where he wiles away the hours
struggling to invent stories for comic books. Giorgio allows his
visitor to spend the night with him, but he insists that she must go
the following morning. Liza has other ideas...
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Credits
- Director: Marco Ferreri
- Script: Ennio Flaiano, Jean-Claude Carrière, Marco Ferreri
- Photo: Mario Vulpiani
- Music: Philippe Sarde
- Cast: Catherine Deneuve (Liza), Marcello Mastroianni (Giorgio), Corinne Marchand (Giorgio’s wife), Michel Piccoli (Giorgio’s friend), Claudine Berg (Liza’s friend), Pascal Laperrousaz (Giorgio’s son), Dominique Marcas (Maid), Valérie Stroh (Giorgio’s daughter)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: Love to Eternity; Melampo
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