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Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli, Tamara Longley, Moira Orfei ... see more see more... , Lorenzo Piani , Alvaro Vitali , Heather Wayne

Before Al Pacino ever picked up a blind man's cane in the 1992 production of Scent of A Woman, Vittorio Gassman played a blind army captain in the 1974 Italian film Profumo di Donna, based on a novel ... read more read more...by Giovanni Arpino. The earlier film unquestionably inspired the later one, though they differ significantly. The Captain, accompanied by Ciccio (Alessandro Momo), who has been assigned to him by the army, is on his way from Turin to Naples to meet with an army compatriot who was also disfigured in the same military incident. Unknown to his aide, the Captain means to fulfill a suicide pact there. 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. The dashing blind military man enjoys considerable success with women. During their journey, he carries with him a picture of his beloved Sara (Agostina Belli), whom he could not bear to have see him disfigured and helpless. The suicide pact is eventually thwarted, Sara enters the picture, and the boy Ciccio does some much-needed growing up. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Dino Risi

Release Date: December 20, 1974

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  • bookmunki
    April 18, 2010
    bookmunki
    Vittorio Gassman is mesmerizing ~ what a gifted actor! A revealing tour through Italy, sometimes seedy. A very human film.
  • pier007
    April 7, 2008
    pier007
    Agostina Belli é bellisima, and Vittorio Gassman is outstanding as the cynic, blind ex military teaching things about life and women to the naive Alessandro Momo. Another comedy gem by the notable craftsman Dino Risi.

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Sean Axmaker
February 17, 2010
Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com

... ends with the harsh, introspective whimper of reality, not the bang of Hollywood cliché. Full Review

Richard Eder
May 9, 2005
Richard Eder, New York Times

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January 1, 2000
Chicago Reader

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January 22, 2009
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June 18, 2005
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May 24, 2003
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