THE BELT
synopsis
James Russo stars as an American teacher in Rome who falls for the beautiful Bianca and enters into a torrid affair made even more frenzied when she buys him an expensive leather belt... she wants to be whipped... Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia.
| international title: | The Belt |
| original title: | La cintura |
| country: | Italy |
| year: | 1989 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Giuliana Gamba |
| film run: | 93' |
| release date: | IT 07/04/1989, DE 29/03/1990, TR 17/08/1990 |
| screenplay: | Francesca Archibugi, Piero De Bernardi, Gloria Malatesta, Claudia Sbarigia |
| cast: | James Russo, Eleonora Brigliadori, Giuliana Calandra, Anna Bonaiuto, Lidia Broccolino, Riccardo Salvino, Delia D'Alberti, Claire Hardwick, Paolo Pigozzi, Francesco Scali, Emidio La Vella, Ivano Marescotti |
| cinematography by: | Luigi Verga |
| film editing: | Carlo Bartolucci |
| art director: | Claudio Cinini |
| music: | Nicola Piovani |
| producer: | Giovanni Bertolucci, Galliano Juso |
