A Night Full of Rain is an Italian American film directed by Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller is an Italian film writer and director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with the film Seven Beauties.-Biography:...

 and stars Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress and former fashion model.She is known for starring in two TV series, as the title character on the situation comedy Murphy Brown , for which she won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards; and as Shirley Schmidt on the comedy-drama Boston Legal...

 and Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...

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Lina Wertmuller was nominated as best director at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival

28th Berlin International Film Festival

The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 22 to March 5, 1978. This was the first year the festival was held in February.-Jury:* Patricia Highsmith * Sergio Leone* Theodoros Angelopoulos* Jacques Rozier...

 in 1978.

The plot concerns a romantic and heart-breaking relationship between a chauvinist Italian journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

 and a feminist American photographer.

The film was shot in San Francisco and Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 and was the director's first english-language film.

Cast

• Giancarlo Giannini
  Giancarlo Giannini
  Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...
  
   as Paolo
• Candice Bergen
  Candice Bergen
  Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress and former fashion model.She is known for starring in two TV series, as the title character on the situation comedy Murphy Brown , for which she won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards; and as Shirley Schmidt on the comedy-drama Boston Legal...
  
   as Lizzy
• Michael Tucker
  Michael Tucker (actor)
  Michael Tucker is an American actor and author, most widely known for his role in L.A. Law, a portrayal for which he received Emmy nominations three years in a row....
  
   as Friend
• Mario Scarpetta as Friend
• Lucio Amelio as Friend
• Massimo Wertmüller as Friend
• Anny Papa as Friend
• Anne Byrne Hoffman as Friend
• Flora Carabella as Friend
• Anita Paltrinieri as Friend
• Giuliana Carnescecchi as Friend
• Alice Colombo Oxman as Friend
• Jill Eikenberry
  Jill Eikenberry
  Jill Eikenberry is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as lawyer Ann Kelsey in L.A. Law...
  
  
• Paola Ojetti
• Enzo Vitale
• Paola Silvia Rotunno
• West Buchanan (as John West Buchanan)
• Lilli Carati
  Lilli Carati
  Lilli Carati is an Italian former actress.-Biography:Lilli Carati was born in Varese . In 1974, she won the title "Miss Elegance" at a beauty contest in Calabria and began to work as a fashion model in Milan...
  
   (as Ileana Caravati)
• Alison Tucker

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