Traveling Companion Movie Review 1996

Cora (Argento) is a somewhat unstable teenager who makes a living with a variety of jobs, including dog-walking. One of her clients, Ada (Cohen), hires Cora to follow Ada's elderly father, Cosimo (Piccoli). A retired professor, Cosimo has become forgetful and gets lost while wandering around Rome. When Cosimo gets on a train, Cora follows and embarks on a series of encounters that lead to a journey of self-discovery. Italian with subtitles.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rome--Modern, Growing Older, The Help: Female, Workin' for a Livin'

Screenplay

Gloria Malatesta, Peter Del Monte, Claudia Sbarigia

Cast

Asia Argento, Michel Piccoli, Lino Capolicchio, Silvia Cohen, Max Malatesta

Cinematography

Giuseppe Lanci

Director

Peter Del Monte

Music

Dario Lucantoni