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...
Script: Ennio Flaiano (novel),
Jean-Claude Carrière,
Marco Ferreri
Cinematographer: Mario Vulpiani
Music: Philippe Sarde
Cast:Catherine Deneuve (Liza),
Marcello Mastroianni (Giorgio),
Corinne Marchand (Giorgio's wife),
Michel Piccoli (Giorgio's friend),
Pascal Laperrousaz (Giorgio's son),
Dominique Marcas (Maid),
Valérie Stroh (Giorgio's daughter),
Claudine Berg (Liza's friend),
Claudia Bianchi,
Enrico Blasi,
Mauro Benedetti,
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Country: Italy / France
Language: Italian
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min
Aka:Love to Eternity
The greatest French Films of all time
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.
From Jean Renoir to François Truffaut, French cinema has no shortage of truly great filmmakers, each bringing a unique approach to the art of filmmaking.