''Young Distance'' (, also known as ''Woman in the Moon'', ''The Moon Woman'' and ''The Night of the Full Moon'') is a 1988

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romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

written and directed by

Vito Zagarrio Vito Zagarrio (born 2 May 1952) is an Italian film director, film critic and film historian. He is a professor at the University of Florence and at Roma Tre University. Filmography *'' Young Distance'' (1988) *'' Bonus malus'' (1993) *''Three D ...

. It was produced by

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with a budget of about a billion lire.

Plot

Angela, an Italian-American woman, after many years returned to

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

to attend the funeral of her father. During the ferry trip she knows Salvo, a teenager who claims to be hunted by

the Mafia "Mafia", as an informal or general term, is often used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original Mafia in Sicily, to the Italian-American Mafia, or to other organized crime groups from Italy. The central ...

, because of a quantity of drugs he stole to some criminals. Angela decides to give him a ride and the two embark on a journey through Sicily.

Cast

Greta Scacchi Greta Scacchi ( , ; born 18 February 1960) is an actress. Born in Italy to a British-Italian couple, she was raised in Britain and finally settled in Australia, becoming a naturalized citizen. Scacchi had her first leading role in the romanti ...

as Angela * Luca Orlandini as Salvo *

Tim Finn Brian Timothy Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He is best known as a founding member of Split Enz. Finn founded the band in 1972 with Phil Judd and served as lead singer and principal songw ...

as Steve * Mike Magistro as Toti Mazza * Marcello Perracchio as Joe Lacagnina

References

External links

* 1988 romantic drama films 1988 films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Vito Zagarrio Films set in Sicily 1980s Italian films Films scored by Franco Piersanti 1980s Italian-language films {{1980s-drama-film-stub