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A Leap in the Dark

6.2 114 mins Drama   1980
Polytel International Film   Clesi Cinematografica   MK2 Films   RAI   Odyssia   Films 66  
Director(s): Marco Bellocchio

Release Date: 14 Thu, Feb 1980

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.

Casts of A Leap in the Dark

Michel Piccoli

as Mauro Ponticelli

Anouk Aimée

as Marta Ponticelli

Michele Placido

as Giovanni Sciabola

Antonio Piovanelli

as Quasimodo

Anna Orso

as Marilena

Giampaolo Saccarola

as Insane Brother

Paola Ciampi

as Ponticelli's Mother

Mario Prosperi

as Mario Ponticelli

Elizabeth Labi

as Ponticelli's Fiancée

Enrico Bergier

as Ponticelli's Brother

Mario Ravasio

as Brother of Suicide

Gaetano Campisi

as Actor

Marino Cenna

as Actor

Lamberto Consani

as Giovanni's Friend

Giancarlo Sammartano

as Passerby

Oreste Rotundo

as Passerby

Remo Remotti

as Thief

Marina Sassi

as Giovanni's Friend

Rossano Weber

as Fire-Eater

Alessandro Antonucci

as Ponticelli Child

Daria Fago

as Ponticelli Child

Natalia Fago

as Ponticelli Child

Matteo Fago

as Ponticelli Child

Giovanni Frezza

as Ponticelli Child

Maria Pia Frezza

as Ponticelli Child

Vittorio Caprioli

as Mauro Ponticelli (voice)

Livia Giampalmo

as Marta Ponticelli (voice)

Frédérique Alexandre

as Marta Ponticelli Child (uncredited)

Silverio Conti

as Man at Pawnshop (uncredited)

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