Aida (Claudia Cardinale) shows up at the door of Marcello, the rich man she’s fallen for, only to have it slammed in her face. Yet the man’s brother, Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin), despite being dispatched to get rid of her, immediately falls for her. However, their worlds are so far apart, and she has already become an adult, a woman with a child, while he’s still a teenager.

Director Valerio Zurlini also made The Camp Followers, Black Jesus and Violent Summer.  In 2008, this film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s list of 100 Italian films to be saved, a selection of movies that have “changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978.”

Cardinale would go on to appear in 8 1/2, The Pink Panther, Once Upon a Time in the West, Blonde in Black Leather, The Immortal Bachelor, Goodbye & Amen, Fitzcarraldo , and so many more wonderful movies.

The Radiance Films Blu-ray release features a 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative, created by the Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Camelia and Titanus. Extras include interviews with assistant director Piero Schivazappa, screenwriter Piero De Bernardi and film critic Bruno Torri; a video essay by Kat Ellinger; a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista and a limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Giuliana Minghelli and an overview of the US critical reception by Cullen Callagher. This is a limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with a removable OBI strip, leaving the packaging free of certificates and markings. You can get it from MVD.