1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
Italian
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crime film
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drama directed by
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) ''The Guardian'' was an Italian
and starring
Claudia Cardinale
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Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...
and
George Chakiris
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.
In terms of plot the film is a relatively faithful adaptation of
Carlo Cassola
Carlo Cassola (17 March 1917 – 29 January 1987) was an influential Italian novelist and essayist. His novel ''La Ragazza di Bube'' (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film of the same name by Luigi Comencini in 1963.
...
’s 1960 novel ''
La ragazza di Bube
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''; but its atmosphere is distinctly different, as the protagonists Mara and Bube, adolescents in the book, are interpreted here as young adults.
The film was nominated for a
Golden Bear
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The win ...
Award at the
14th Berlin International Film Festival
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and won best production at the
David di Donatello Awards
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. Claudia Cardinale was awarded the
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
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(''Migliore Attrice Protagonista'') by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for her performance in the role of as Mara.
The film was released in the United States in 1964 with the title ''Bebo's Girl''.
Cast
*
Claudia Cardinale
Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English.
Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...
as Mara
*
George Chakiris
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as Bube
*
Marc Michel
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He is best known for his roles in three seminal French films of the 1960s: Jacques Becker's ''Le Trou'' (1960), and two films ...
Carla Calò
Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialect ...
as Mara's Mother
*
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* Emílio (dis ...
as Mara's Father
Uncredited cast
*Pierluigi Catocci as Priest
*Ugo Chiti as Arnaldo
*Dario Dolci
*Anna Maria Festa
*
Gabriella Giorgelli
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Born in Fossola, a frazione of Carrara, Giorgelli was the daughter of a busines ...
*Mario Lupi as Lidori
*Luciano Maringola
*
Bruno Scipioni
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Biography
Born in Rome, Scipioni graduated in accountancy and then, in 1958, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He started his film car ...
as Mauro
Reception
In a contemporary review, Hawk. of ''
Variety
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'' gave the film a positive review, praising Cardinale specifically in the role, declaring "it should win her solid recognition everywhere." The review also praised
Gianni di Venanzo
Gianni Di Venanzo (18 December 1920, Teramo, Abruzzo – 3 February 1966, Rome), was an Italian cinematographer.
Di Venanzo was one of the leading Italian post-war cinematographers with the unique distinction to be part of the neo-realist, po ...
's photography noting that his "chiaroscuro work on settings, as well as his fine closeups of Miss Cardinale especially, are of the highest standard."