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The Sign of Venus

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The Sign of Venus
Directed byDino Risi
Written byEdoardo Anton
Luigi Comencini
Franca Valeri
Ennio Flaiano
Dino Risi
Produced byMarcello Girosi
StarringFranca Valeri
Sophia Loren
Raf Vallone
Vittorio De Sica
Tina Pica
Alberto Sordi
Leopoldo Trieste
CinematographyCarlo Montuori
Music byRenzo Rossellini
Release date
  • 2 March 1955 (1955-03-02)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Sign of Venus (Italian: Il segno di Venere) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Sophia Loren. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

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The story revolves around an attractive woman named Agnese (Loren) who has many suitors. She lives with her cousin Cesira (Franca Valeri), who has the opposite problem with men. Vittorio De Sica plays a poet in need of money and Alberto Sordi plays a man who deals in stolen cars.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Sign of Venus". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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