Summary
Five slices of life on the theme of love, including: a bus conductor
who discovers he is loved by his pupil; a delicate relationship of a
young orphan girl and her teacher; and a poor couple who must abandon
their latest new born in a church.
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Credits
- Director: Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot
- Script: Giorgio Bassani, Alessandro Blasetti, Achille Campanile, Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Sandro Continenza, Silvio D’Arzo, Eduardo De Filippo, Ennio Flaiano, Agenore Incrocci, Giuseppe Marotta, Alberto Moravia, Marino Moretti, Ercole Patti, Vasco Pratolini, Claude-André Puget, Anton Germano Rossi, Furio Scarpelli
- Photo: Gábor Pogány
- Music: Alessandro Cicognini, Gorni Kramer, Giulio Cesare Sonzogno
- Cast: Vittorio De Sica (Count Ferdinando), Elisa Cegani (Mrs. Lidia), Delfi Tanzi, Mario Scaccia, Luisella Boni, Toni Di Carlo, Michele Sakara, Marcello Mastroianni (Maria’s husband), Lea Padovani (Maria), Nando Bruno (Taxi driver), Margherita Bagni, Danièle Delorme (Mara), Yves Montand (Vasco), François Périer (Him), Dany Robin (Her), Alba Arnova (Her), Andrea Checchi (Him), Michel Simon (The professor), Sylvie (Old woman)
- Country: Italy / France
- Language: Italian
- Runtime: 134 min; B&W
- Aka: Quelques pas dans la vie; A Slice of Life; The Anatomy of Love
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