''That Splendid November'' (Italian: ''Un bellissimo novembre'') is a

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Italian

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directed by Mauro Bolognini. It stars actors Gabriele Ferzetti and Gina Lollobrigida. It is based on a novel with the same name written by Ercole Patti.

Summery

A few days after All Saints' Day a widespread Sicilian clan meets in their country castle near

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

. The younger generation has long recognized that there is a lot of hypocrisy hidden behind the elegant setting and the strict morals. That is why the seventeen-year-old Nino feels particularly drawn to his beautiful aunt Cettina, who is considered the black sheep of the family because she ran off into a marriage that was not entirely approved. The experienced woman, however, smugly kindles the fire of a glowing passion in the awakened young man, seduces him according to all the rules of the art - and then appears very astonished when Nino, full of mad jealousy, does not want to share his place with older lover Sasà. The hope that he had fleetingly hoped that Cettina would be completely committed to himself, contrary to all conventions, vanished. Nino, resigned, throws himself into a marriage with a young cousin - and will play the usual game without open rebellion. At the church door he exchanges a soft "See you soon!" with his attractive aunt.

Plot

Cast

* Gina Lollobrigida: Cettina *

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: Sasà * Gabriele Ferzetti: Biagio *

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: Nino * Danielle Godet: Elisa * Margarita Lozano: Amalia *

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: Giulietta *

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: Mimì * Corrado Gaipa: Alfio

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* 1969 films Italian drama films 1960s Italian-language films Films set in Sicily Films scored by Ennio Morricone United Artists films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub