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White Nights

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A lonely clerk (Marcello Mastroianni) attempts to win the love of a woman (Maria Schell) who still awaits the return of her long-absent suitor.

Critics Reviews

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Peter John Dyer Sight & Sound 03/30/2020
The acting is everything one has a right to expect from a well- ordered seance. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 08/28/2006
A crucial turning point, the link between Visconti's early neorealist manner and the obsessive stylization of his late films. Go to Full Review
Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo 08/15/2024
5/5
Those nights where you can escaped from the ordinary life are life itself. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Isabel Quigly The Spectator 07/12/2018
The whole film, is a triumph of naturalism so unforced that we go out wondering what happened next, how the pair would weather the two years of waiting, and so on and so on. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/12/2013
A
My favorite Visconti film. Go to Full Review
TV Guide 08/28/2006
3/4
A deliberately artificial exercise by a director who had previously specialized in neorealism. Go to Full Review
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S R @ScottR 09/13/2023 A moving romance that shows the tragedy of obsessive love. Well made and it still resonates. Good acting and direction. It was on CRI. See more 06/14/2021 This is the first listed of many films claiming it as a source or inspiration. Most recently 'Two Lovers' took full advantage of Joachim Phoenix's abilities with this material. 'Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time', Maya Angelou. Here's a lesson plan on that. The song asks, 'Why do fools fall in love?'; maybe just because those that appear wise are more cautious See more dave s 01/29/2021 Luciano Visconti's beautiful Le Notti Bianche served as a transition film from his early days in the Italian neorealist school to the more stylistically tightly structured films he was ultimately best known for. Le Notti Bianche follows the story of Mario (Marcello Mastroianni), a loner wandering the dark alleys of a new town, who meets Natalia (Maria Schell), a sheltered young woman waiting for her love to return after a year's absence. Dealing with unrequited love, among other things, the movie is a visual joy to watch. Each shot is gorgeously composed, the black and white cinematography is stunning, and the lighting is spectacular. There are a couple of scenes that drag (the dance scene in the café, for example), but, overall, the film is an excellent primer for the Visconti films that followed. See more 05/27/2020 From the different good routes the movie could have taken, it choses not the best one. See more 01/31/2015 'The white nights' is a very fragile exquisite tale based on story of Dostoievsky. With the images extremely beautiful it tells the story of an ordinary young man Mario, who met an unusual, like from another century girl, fell in love with her and almost made her fall in love too... Visconti and Dostoyevsky--Here two different worlds collide unambiguously - the modern, cold, indifferent stylized world and the old, more intimate and hearty one, and this collision makes many ironical and sad situations... Reflect reality as well as a dream that falls a bit short!! See more 01/29/2014 this story about a guy who meets a girl on a bridge has been done done and over done but works well here See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A lonely clerk (Marcello Mastroianni) attempts to win the love of a woman (Maria Schell) who still awaits the return of her long-absent suitor.
Director
Luchino Visconti
Producer
Franco Cristaldi
Screenwriter
Luchino Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Production Co
Vides Cinematografica
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 12, 2005
Runtime
1h 45m