Puccini e la fanciulla

by Paolo Benvenuti

1908, Torre del Lago. Doria, the waitress of the musician Puccini is accused by his wife, Elvira, to be his lover. The girl, incapable of bearing the injustice, kills herself. The autopsy will show that she was a virgin. This dramatic story pervaded Giacomo Puccini's life and music. Doria Manfredi's story will be the inspiration for Liù, in Turandot.
Country: Italia, Brasile
Year: 2008
Running time: 84'
Format: 35 mm
Language: italiano
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Paolo Benvenuti, Paola Baroni
Cinematography: Giovanni Battista Marras
Editing: César Augusto Meneghetti
Music: Paola Baroni
With: Riccardo Moretti, Tania Squillario, Giovanna Daddi, Debora Mattiello, Federica Chezzi
Produced by: Arsenali Medicei, Intolerance, Associazione Culturale "La Fanciulla del Lago"