Scent of a Woman (1974 film)

Scent of a Woman
Poster for U.S. release
Directed byDino Risi
Screenplay byRuggero Maccari
Dino Risi
Based onIl buio e il miele [it]
by Giovanni Arpino
Produced byPio Angeletti
Adriano De Micheli
StarringVittorio Gassman
Alessandro Momo
Agostina Belli
CinematographyClaudio Cirillo
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 20 December 1974 (1974-12-20)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Scent of a Woman (Italian: Profumo di donna) is a 1974 Commedia all'italiana film directed by Dino Risi, based on Il buio e il miele, a story by Giovanni Arpino. Both Risi and the leading actor Vittorio Gassman won important Italian and French awards.

An American remake, Scent of a Woman, was released in 1992.