Directed by Luchino Visconti
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Marcello Mastroianni falls in love with Maria Schell while walking the streets of an Italian town one night. The only problem is that she is in love with another man. However, that man has left for one year with a promise to return, and it was while waiting for him that they met. At first, she resists, but with time they become friends, until finally on the verge of becoming lovers her old flame returns, leaving Mastroianni alone in the snow to wonder about the meaning of it all. Filmed mostly at night, in a fog, it feels more like a dream than reality. Schell's friendly eyes and welcoming smile make her easy to fall in love with, but those eyes are too often full of tears and it seems she may have something to hide behind all of those smiles.
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