La cicala is a 1980

1980 in film

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 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by Alberto Lattuada

Alberto Lattuada

Alberto Lattuada was an Italian film director.Lattuada was born in Milan, the son of composer Felice Lattuada...

, starring Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa was an American actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa during the height of his career.-Early life:...

 and Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi is a Cannes and César award-winning Italian film actress. She was born in Ancona, Marche, as Virna Lisa Pieralisi.-Early career:...

.

Plot

Wilma Malinverni (Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi is a Cannes and César award-winning Italian film actress. She was born in Ancona, Marche, as Virna Lisa Pieralisi.-Early career:...

) is an aged nightclub singer, who escapes such life with the Cicala (Clio Goldsmith

Clio Goldsmith

Clio Goldsmith is a French former actress, appearing mostly as Femme fatale, call girl or prostitute in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of ecologist Edward Goldsmith....

), an uneasy young girl who have left her hometown. On the road as prostitutes, they meet Annibale Meneghetti (Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa was an American actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa during the height of his career.-Early life:...

). As he was dreaming with establishing a big road stop for truckers, the two girls help him. They succeed and the place, La Cicala, thrives. Wilma marries Annibale yet she mistrusts the Cicala, who had to demonstrate her lack of interference in the marriage. Then, the 18 year old daughter of Wilma arrives and it happens that she is a prostitute too.