A Girl... and a Million

La cuccagna, internationally released as A Girl... and a Million, is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Salce.

In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

Rossella, a beautiful young girl that lives in a family of popular class, looks for a job every day but she is disappointed after not being able to find serious work. She meet Giuliano, a young student, that instead not have the will to found a work for any cost. After attempting suicide together, they make the choice to live each day without obsession over work.

Cast 

Donatella Turri: Rossella Rubinacci
Luigi Tenco: Giuliano
Umberto D'Orsi: Dott. Giuseppe Visonà
Liù Bosisio: Diana
Gianni Dei: Natalino 
Piero Gerlini: Gallery's Owner 
Enzo Petito:  Galliano Rubinace, Rossella's father 
Corrado Olmi:  Visonà's friend 
Jean Rougeul: Cementi
Luciano Salce: the Colonel
Ugo Tognazzi: a driver (cameo)
Franco Abbina : Rossella's brother

References

External links

Category:1962 films
Category:Italian drama films
Category:1960s drama films
Category:Films directed by Luciano Salce
Category:Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Category:Italian films
Category:Films set in Rome