Un monde nouveau

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Un monde nouveau
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Film poster
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Written by Cesare Zavattini
Produced by Raymond Froment
Starring Christine Delaroche
CinematographyJean Boffety
Edited byPaul Cayatte
Release date
  • 16 May 1966 (1966-05-16)
Running time
83 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Un monde nouveau is a 1966 French-Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. [1] Most notably it featured Sean Connery as himself. Harry Saltzman produced the film. [2] [3]

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Plot

A beautiful photographer, Christine Delaroche as Anne, has a love affair with Nino Castelnuovo as Carlo, and becomes pregnant. Carlo wants her to have an abortion and sleeps with a wealthy woman to get money to pay for it, but Ann decides against losing her unborn child.

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References

  1. Sandra Brennan (2009). "Un monde nouveau". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. Sheffy, Pearl (29 January 1966). "The Man who got the Bond Going". Calgary Herald . pp. unnumbered.
  3. Films and Filming. 12 (3): 45. 1966.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Darretta, John (1983). Vittorio De Sica: A Guide to References and Resources. G.K. Hall. p. 128. ISBN   9780816184682.