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The Voyage (film)

The Voyage
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Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Produced by Carlo Ponti
Written by Diego Fabbri
Massimo Franciosa
Luisa Montagnana
Luigi Pirandello
Starring Sophia Loren
Richard Burton
Music by Manuel De Sica
Cinematography Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by Franco Arcalli
Production
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Release date
  • 11 March 1974 (1974-03-11)
Running time
102 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

The Voyage (Italian: Il viaggio, and also released as The Journey) is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica and based on a novel by Luigi Pirandello. It was De Sica's final film.

Set in Sicily in the years leading up to World War I, Adriana De Mauro (Sophia Loren) loves Cesar Braggi (Richard Burton), but Cesar, honoring his father's dying wish, allows his brother Antonio (Ian Bannen) to marry her. As fate wills, Antonio dies in an automobile accident. Adriana's mourning for Antonio ends when Cesar steps in to rekindle her lust of life. Soon, Adriana begins having dizzy spells. Cesar helps her to a specialist, and the diagnosis is not good. She has an incurable disease. For the rest of their time together, Cesar woos Adriana and eventually proposes to her on a gondola. Yet Signora De Mauro (Barbara Pilavin), Adriana's mother is not pleased with the relationship and argues bitterly with Cesar and stands in the way.


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