The Sign of Venus

The Sign of Venus
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Edoardo Anton Luigi Comencini Franca Valeri Ennio Flaiano Dino Risi
Produced by	Marcello Girosi
Starring	Franca Valeri Sophia Loren Raf Vallone Vittorio De Sica Tina Pica Alberto Sordi Leopoldo Trieste
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Release date	2 March 1955 (1955-03-02)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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

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

• Franca Valeri as Cesira
• Sophia Loren as Agnese Tirabassi
• Vittorio De Sica as Alessio Spano
• Peppino De Filippo as Mario
• Alberto Sordi as Romolo Proietti
• Raf Vallone as Ignazio Bolognini Vigile del fuoco
• Virgilio Riento as Agnese's father
• Tina Pica as Zia Tina
• Lina Gennari as Signora Pina
• Eloisa Cianni as Daisy
• Leopoldo Trieste as Pittore
• Maurizio Arena as Maurice
• Franco Fantasia as Dottore
• Marcella Rovena as Elvira
• Mario Meniconi as Vigile Urbano
• Furio Meniconi as Proprietario della trattoria
• Anita Durante as Madre di Romolo

References

External links

• Il segno di Venere at IMDb

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