Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman contracts tuberculosis. She is granted a brief vacation at a health spa, where a whole new world — and potential new life — is opened up to her.
Cast
Florinda Bolkan
Clara Mataro
Renato Salvatori
Franco Mataro, the husband
Daniel Quenaud
Luigi, Clara's lover
José María Prada
Ciranni
Teresa Gimpera
Gina
Hugo Blanco
The brother in law
Julia Peña
Edvige
Miranda Campa
Nurse Guidotti
Angela Cardile
The redhead
Anna Carena
The mother in law
Monica Guerritore
Maria
Maria Mizar
Nurse Garin
Alessandro Romanazzi
The son
Adriana Asti
Scanziani
Enrico Baroni
Unknown
Edda Conti
Unknown
Lia Giovannella
Unknown
Franca Mazzoni
Unknown
Giampaolo Rossi
Unknown
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Unknown
Mario Garriba
Unknown
Gaetano Amoroso
Unknown
Christian De Sica
Mariani, Il Giovane In Treno (uncredited)
Francesco Rocciola
Unknown
Vincenzo Rocciola
Unknown
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Cesare Zavattini
Writer
Rafael J. Salvia
Writer
Rodolfo Sonego
Story
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Luisa Alessandri
Assistant Director
Michele Marsala
Production Supervisor
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Giulio Battiferri
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Fornari
Assistant Camera
Edoardo Romani
Post-Production Manager
Nadia Vitali
Costume Design
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Alessandro Jacoponi
Makeup Artist
Giulio Mastrantonio
Makeup Artist
Roberto Arcangeli
Sound Effects Editor
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Alvaro Orsini
Sound
Alberto Moretti
Boom Operator
Manuel De Sica
Music
A. D'Angelo
Set Decoration
Bruno Cesari
Set Dresser
Serena Canevari
Script Supervisor
Serafín García Trueba
Production Manager
Fausto Pierannunzi
Production Manager
Claudio Vinale
Production Manager
Luigi Scaccianoce
Art Direction
Adolfo Cofiño
Art Direction
