A Leap in the Dark

A Leap in the Dark (1980)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1980-02-14
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Language: Italiano
  • Production Company: Polytel International Film
  • Production Country: France, Germany, Italy
  • Director: Marco Bellocchio
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Summary

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.

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  • Michel Piccoli

    as Mauro Ponticelli

  • Anouk Aimée

    as Marta Ponticelli

  • Michele Placido

    as Giovanni Sciabola

  • Gisella Burinato

    as Anna

  • Antonio Piovanelli

    as Quasimodo

  • Anna Orso

    as Marilena

  • Giampaolo Saccarola

    as Insane Brother

  • Adriana Pecorelli

    as Sonia

  • Franca Maria De Monti

    as

  • Paola Ciampi

    as Ponticelli's Mother

  • Pier Giorgio Bellocchio

    as Giorgio

  • Mario Prosperi

    as Mario Ponticelli

  • Elizabeth Labi

    as Ponticelli's Fiancée

  • Enrico Bergier

    as Ponticelli's Brother

  • Mario Ravasio

    as Brother of Suicide

  • Gaetano Campisi

    as Actor

  • Marino Cenna

    as Actor

  • Lamberto Consani

    as Giovanni's Friend

  • Giancarlo Sammartano

    as Passerby

  • Oreste Rotundo

    as Passerby

  • Remo Remotti

    as Thief

  • Marina Sassi

    as Giovanni's Friend

  • Rossano Weber

    as Fire-Eater

  • Alessandro Antonucci

    as Ponticelli Child

  • Daria Fago

    as Ponticelli Child

  • Natalia Fago

    as Ponticelli Child

  • Matteo Fago

    as Ponticelli Child

  • Giovanni Frezza

    as Ponticelli Child

  • Maria Pia Frezza

    as Ponticelli Child

  • Gianluca Giusti

    as

  • Pasquale Moscianese

    as

  • Carlotta Natoli

    as

  • Daniele Piretti

    as

  • Valerio Tozzi

    as

  • Vittorio Caprioli

    as Mauro Ponticelli (voice)

  • Livia Giampalmo

    as Marta Ponticelli (voice)

  • Frédérique Alexandre

    as Marta Ponticelli Child (uncredited)

  • Silverio Conti

    as Man at Pawnshop (uncredited)
Writing Vincenzo Cerami Screenplay
Production Angelo Barbagallo Production Secretary
Production Cecilia Valmarana Production Assistant
Costume & Make-Up Cesare Paciotti Makeup Artist
Lighting Ennio Di Stefano Gaffer
Directing Lucilla Clementelli Script Supervisor
Production Claudio Gaeta Production Secretary
Sound Remo Ugolinelli Sound
Editing Anna Rosa Napoli Assistant Editor
Writing Piero Natoli Screenplay
Directing Pino Venditti Second Assistant Director
Directing Inigo Lezzi First Assistant Director
Camera Giuseppe Di Biase Camera Operator
Writing Marco Bellocchio Story
Production Dino Di Dionisio Unit Production Manager
Writing Marco Bellocchio Screenplay
Camera Giancarlo Serravalli Key Grip
Production Enzo Porcelli Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Silvana Turchi Assistant Costume Designer
Art Carmelo Agate Assistant Production Design
Crew Maria Ruhle Public Relations
Art Bruno Tempera Property Master
Crew Gerardo Scala Thanks
Crew Fabrizio Beggiato Thanks
Camera Alessio Gelsini Torresi Assistant Camera
Sound Giulio Viggiani Boom Operator
Sound Adriano Taloni Sound Mixer
Crew Marie Christine Vanden Eede Thanks
Editing Rita Algeri Assistant Editor
Production Janice Munro Production Secretary
Camera Letizia Cavallini Still Photographer
Sound Luciano Anzellotti Sound Effects
Production Franco Fantini Administration
Camera Firmino Palmieri Still Photographer
Art Alberto Michettoni Property Master
Costume & Make-Up Luciana Maria Costanzi Hairstylist
Camera Pierre Gautard Camera Operator
Crew Giovanni Fago Thanks
Costume & Make-Up Anita Cavallari Seamstress
Crew Marin Karmitz Additional Dialogue
Directing Marco Bellocchio Director
Editing Roberto Perpignani Editor
Sound Nicola Piovani Original Music Composer
Camera Giuseppe Lanci Director of Photography
Editing Brigitte Sousselier Editor
Production Silvio Clementelli Producer
Production Anna Maria Clementelli Producer
Art Andrea Crisanti Production Design
Art Amedeo Fago Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Lia Francesca Morandini Costume Design

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