Passion of Love

Passion of Love
French film poster
Directed byEttore Scola
Screenplay byRuggero Maccari
Ettore Scola
Based onFosca
by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti
Produced byFranco Committeri
StarringBernard Giraudeau
CinematographyClaudio Ragona
Edited byRaimondo Crociani
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 7 May 1981 (1981-05-07)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Passion of Love (Italian: Passione d'amore) is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola and was adapted from the 1869 novel Fosca by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival[1] and served as the inspiration for the 1994 Broadway musical Passion by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Passion of Love". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 June 2009.