Light in the Piazza

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Dec 21, 2014 Set in the beautiful, enchanting city of Florence, Italy, a mother tries to cope with her child like grown daughter and the Italian man who falls for her daughter. Olivia de Havilland and Yvette Mimieux are splendid in this film. But George Hamilton is completely wrong as the young Italian man who falls for the simple daughter. See more May 12, 2013 Great movie. In the end I wondered if Fabrizio had something similarly wrong with him like Cara does. His father tells him not to tell her he is really 23 and his father did all the arranging of the marriage and he acts childish too, even eating the flower in the final scene. In the end, the mother never did tell the Naccarelli's something is wrong with Clara and she made a great decision. See more Dec 17, 2012 This is a feel-good movie. A delightful way to spend a couple of hours. See more Dec 8, 2012 Unusual soaper about mother, de Havilland, trying to marry off her beautiful brain damaged daughter, Yvette Mimieux. There's gorgeous photography and Olivia de Havilland is good, giving an honest performance in what could easily have been a very silly so-bad-it's-good kind of film. See more Jul 19, 2011 Clara(Yvette Mimieux) is mildly Mentally Challenged, exceptionally Beautiful,& becoming Highly Sexually Aware as she becomes a handful on a European Vacay with her Wealthy Mother(Olivia de Havilland).Clara is extremely popular with the European Men, & she finds the attention New & Exciting, but ohhhhh, what a challenge that turns out to be for her Prissy Momma.A Very Stunning Film See more Mar 19, 2011 An absorbing drama about a mother played by a very regal Olivia de Havilland, who has taken her gorgeous but mentally disabled daughter Clara, played by a stunning and delightfully charming Yvette Mimieux to Italy to escape her daughters ripening adult needs. In Florence they meet Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome young man (George Hamilton - who is a stunner too), and a romance develops between the two young people. Rossano Brazzi shows up as the charming and romantic Signor Naccarelli, Fabrizio's father who helps nudge Mrs. Johnson towards acceptance of the budding romance. Is Clara capable of an adult relationship? Can Mrs. Johnson relinquish control? Will love conquer all? Felt fresh despite it's age and the massive shift in sexual morality and the treatment of the disabled since the early 60's when this was made. See more Read all reviews

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