Scent of a Woman (1974 film)

{{Short description|1974 Italian comedy film}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Scent of a Woman | image = ProfumoDiDonna.jpg | caption = Poster for U.S. release | screenplay = Ruggero Maccari<br>Dino Risi | based_on = {{Based on|''{{ill|Il buio e il miele|it}}''|Giovanni Arpino}} | starring = Vittorio Gassman<br>Alessandro Momo<br>Agostina Belli | director = Dino Risi | producer = Pio Angeletti<br>Adriano De Micheli | music = Armando Trovajoli | cinematography = Claudio Cirillo | distributor = | released = {{film date|1974|12|20|df=yes}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }}

'''''Scent of a Woman''''' ({{langx|it|Profumo di donna}}) is a 1974 ''commedia all'italiana'' film directed by Dino Risi, based on ''Il buio e il miele'', a story by Giovanni Arpino. Both Risi and the leading actor Vittorio Gassman won important Italian and French awards.

An American remake, ''Scent of a Woman'', was released in 1992.

==Plot== A blind Italian Captain (Fausto Consolo), accompanied by his young aide Ciccio (Giovanni Bertazzi), who has been assigned to him by the army, is on his way from Turin to Naples to meet with an old comrade. He was disfigured in the same military incident that blinded the captain. Unknown to his aide, the Captain means to fulfill a suicide pact with his old comrade.

While they journey, the Captain asks Ciccio to help him spot beautiful women. Unsatisfied with the boy's descriptions, he uses his nose instead, claiming that he can smell a beautiful woman. During their journey, he carries with him a picture of his beloved Sara, whom he could not bear to see, viewing himself as disfigured and helpless. The suicide pact is thwarted once Sara enters the picture, and Ciccio does some much-needed growing up.

==Cast== * Vittorio Gassman: Fausto Consolo * Alessandro Momo: Giovanni Bertazzi * Agostina Belli: Sara * Moira Orfei: Mirka * Torindo Bernardi: Vincenzo * Alvaro Vitali: Vittorio

==Awards and nominations== *'''''Profumo di donna''''' was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1976 as Best Foreign Film and as Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material.<ref name="Oscars1976">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2012-03-18 |work=oscars.org}}</ref> *David di Donatello, Best Actor (Vittorio Gassman), 1975 *David di Donatello, Best Director (Dino Risi), 1975 *Nastro d'Argento, Best Actor (Vittorio Gassman), 1975 *1975 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor (Vittorio Gassman)<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2186/year/1975.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Profumo di donna |access-date=2009-05-04|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> *César Award for Best Foreign Film, 1976

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0072037}} * {{tcmdb title|id=89233}} * http://www.escrevercinema.com/Risi_PerfumedeMulher.htm

Category:1974 films Category:1974 comedy films Category:1974 Italian-language films Category:Commedia all'italiana Category:Best Foreign Film César Award winners Category:Films about blind people Category:Films directed by Dino Risi Category:Films set in Turin Category:Films set in Genoa Category:Films set in Rome Category:Films set in Naples Category:Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari Category:Films scored by Armando Trovajoli Category:1974 Italian films Category:Films based on Italian novels Category:Films based on works by Giovanni Arpino