Light in the piazza

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Movie
German title Light in the piazza
Original title Light in the Piazza
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1962
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Guy Green
script Julius J. Epstein
production Arthur Freed for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
music Mario Nascimbene
camera Otto Heller
cut Frank Clarke
occupation

Light in the Piazza (original title Light in the Piazza ) is an American film by Guy Green from 1962. It is based on the 1960 novel The Light in the Piazza by Elizabeth Spencer (1921-2019).

action

While on vacation in Florence , the wealthy American Meg Johnson and her 26-year-old daughter Clara meet the young Italian Fabrizio Naccarelli. He immediately falls in love with the beautiful Clara, but has no idea that she has been suffering from an intellectual disability since a riding accident in her childhood and that she is ten years old. Instead of disability, he and his family see childlike innocence in Clara. Meg fails to tell Fabrizio or his father about Clara's disability. Instead, Meg tries to separate the young people from each other as much as possible, which she does not succeed in. She is nervous because there have been complications in the past with young men who were interested in the attractive Clara but did not know about their disabilities.

Meg decides to leave for Rome with her daughter without any warning for Fabrizio . But even in Rome, Clara cannot forget the young Italian. Meg then calls her husband Noel for help, who gets on the plane to Rome. The couple discuss their daughter's future and have very different views. Noel believes that his daughter will ever be able to lead a normal life and considers putting her in a home for the mentally handicapped. Meg sees this as locking her daughter away. After the argument, Noel travels back to the United States. Meg thinks that her daughter could lead a relatively normal life with the wealthy Noccarellis, since there servants take over most of the work and Clara's naive nature is valued.

Meg and Clara eventually travel back to Florence. The mother is now determined to help her daughter marry Fabrizio. The young couple is very happy that Meg is no longer opposed to them, and plans for a wedding are made soon. For this, Clara has to convert to the Catholic Church , among other things . When Fabrizio's father takes a look at Clara's identity card, he is suddenly confused and walks away with Fabrizio in tow without another word. Meg fears that Signor Noccarelli might have found out about Clara's mental retardation. Finally Signor Noccarelli is looking for Meg in her hotel. He was only surprised that Clara is 26 years old, three years older than his son - in Italy, marriages between younger men and older women are controversial. Signor Noccarelli and Fabrizio have no further objection to marriage.

Meg finally experiences her own little love adventure with the charming Signor Noccarelli, who compliments her and kisses her spontaneously on a little excursion. Finally, the wedding takes place in a Florence church without the presence of the bride's father. While the young bridal couple drives away, Meg speaks to herself that she knows that she has made the right decision.

background

Light on the Piazza was the last cinema production under the direction of Arthur Freed , who was best known as the producer of many classic film musicals.

Reviews

In a contemporary review, the well-known Canadian film critic Clyde Gilmour wrote that the film was "soap operatic in theme, but elegant in style". The film service writes that the film is "a seemingly problematic, routinely staged entertainment, but only touching the conflict in the scenery of Florence."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MOVIES: Clyde Gilmour | Maclean's | APRIL 21, 1962. Retrieved August 8, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Light in the piazza. Retrieved August 8, 2020 .