Film

The Body of the Soul

1999 · 1h 45m · Drama

IMDb

6.5

Ernesto is doomed to loneliness since the loss of his wife. He is a writer who lives alone without any children, and is an antisocial person. However, he is as satisfied with his life. Although he has not been working for a while, a film director asks him to prepare a scenario on the life of "Teresa of Ávila". Meanwhile, a young peasant girl, Luana starts working with him as a maid. Now the time has come for an affair which he has ignored for some years.

Roberto Herlitzka

Ernesto

Ennio Fantastichini

Mauro

Gianluigi Pizzetti

Sandro

Sabina Vannucchi

Gemma

Raffaella Ponzo

Luana

• Salvatore PiscicelliDirector · Screenplay · Story · Writer
• Carla ApuzzoScreenplay
• Carla ApuzzoStory · Writer
• Enzo GalloProducer
• Saverio GuarnaDirector of Photography

Release date

May 21, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama