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Traveling Companion

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Original title

Compagna di viaggio

Year

1996

Running time

104 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Peter Del Monte

Screenwriter

Peter Del Monte, Gloria Malatesta, Claudia Sbarigia, Mario Fortunato

Cast

Music

Dario Lucantoni

Cinematography

Giuseppe Lanci

Producer

Alia Film, Istituto Luce

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

In Rome, Cora is a waitress at a club, walks people's dogs, sleeps with various men, kips with pals, and has a salty tongue. She also has a bruised history: her mother's suicide, her brother's mental illness. Ada, a dog-owning client, hires her to follow Ada's aged and courtly father every day. The dad, a retired philology professor, has a touch of dementia, sometimes forgetting where he is; Cora is to keep him in sight, phoning Ada if the professor has difficulties. On the third day, he takes a train out of Rome, and Cora follows on what proves to be a journey into her best and worst selves. She becomes his traveling companion, but what does he become to her?

Awards: 1996: David di Donatello Awards: Best Actress (Asia Argento)

1997: Shanghai International Film Festival: Best Actor (Michel Piccoli)

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Traveling Companion

1996

Peter Del Monte

5.3

(24)