Overview
At the end of World War II, shallow, self-centered Mara is the prettiest girl in her small Italian village; Bebo is a Communist partisan who is finding it difficult to adjust to the dull banalities of life in peacetime. When Mara’s father, a passionate Communist, declares that his daughter will marry the returning hero, her reactions range from joy to bitter resentment.
Cast
- Claudia Cardinale as Mara
- George Chakiris as Bube
- Marc Michel as Stefano
- Dany París as Liliana
- Carla Calò as Madre di Mara
- Monique Vita as Ines
- Ugo Chiti as Arnaldo
- Emilio Esposito as Padre di Mara
- Mario Lupi as Lidori
- Pierluigi Catocci as il prete