Salto nel Vuoto (1979)
The old Guy De Maupassant story The Devil would seem to be the springboard for the Italian-made Leap Into the Void. Michel Piccoli plays an Italian jurist whose sister Anouk Aimee is a bit "light in the belfry". Piccoli entreats Michele Placido to convince the awkward Aimee to kill herself. The results are unexpected, and fascinating. As with most of his work, director Marco Bellocchio uses the seemingly petty problems of his bourgeois characters as a mirror of what is going on in society at large. Leap Into the Void was originally released as Salto nel Vuoto; both Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimee won Best Acting awards at the 1980 Cannes Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, (more)
- Director(s):
- Marco Bellocchio
Synopsis of Salto nel Vuoto
The old Guy De Maupassant story The Devil would seem to be the springboard for the Italian-made Leap Into the Void. Michel Piccoli plays an Italian jurist whose sister Anouk Aimee is a bit "light in the belfry". Piccoli entreats Michele Placido to convince the awkward Aimee to kill herself. The results are unexpected, and fascinating. As with most of his work, director Marco Bellocchio uses the seemingly petty problems of his bourgeois characters as a mirror of what is going on in society at large. Leap Into the Void was originally released as Salto nel Vuoto; both Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimee won Best Acting awards at the 1980 Cannes Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Salto nel Vuoto
- Michel Piccoli - Judge Ponticelli
- Michele Placido - Giovanni
- Gaetano Campisi
- Remo Remotti - Thief
- Elisabeth Labi - Ponticelli's Fiancee
- Oreste Rotundo - Passersby
- Mario Prosperi
- Piergiorgio Bellocchio - Giorgio
- Anouk Aimée - Marta Ponticelli
- Gisella Burinato - Anna
- Marino Cenna - Actor
- Antonio Piovanelli - Quasimodo
- Giovanni Frezza
- Anna Orso - Marilena
- Giampaolo Saccarola - Insane Brother
- Director(s):
- Marco Bellocchio
- Writer(s):
- Piero Natoli, Vincenzo Cerami, Marco Bellocchio
- Producer(s):
- Silvio Clementelli, Anna Maria Clementelli
- 1980 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor
- 1980 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor
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