In Bari, Italy, Francesca, a beautiful and wealthy woman, is widowed and left with her daughter Giulia, and a pile of debts incurred by her husband Maurizio, whose betrayals she also discovers. On the advice of her friend Cesare, who is also a lawyer, Francesca sells off her villa by the sea, furniture, furs and jewelry, as well as a boat (which Cesare buys), to pay for at least one year of rent, and the tuition for little Giulia's exclusive school. There are no job prospects for Francesca, so Francesca and Cesare decide to hold a raffle in which the prize will be Francesca. The raffle will be limited to twenty participants, who will each pay 100 million lire. The winner will have the right to live with Francesca for four years and can ask for whatever he wants. Raffle ticket buyers include friends of the late husband and Cesare himself.
One day, Francesca runs over a young man, Antonio, with whom she begins a love affair. He seems to know about the raffle and, despite proclaiming his amorous passion, he would be willing for her to be enjoyed by the winner, continuing his secret meetings with her. In reality, the penniless young man aims over time to benefit from the raffle money.
A few days before the raffle drawing, however, the prosecutor receives a complaint about the raffle and the lawyer. The lawyer's office is searched, and a scandal threatens that could disturb local society. When questioned by the police, Francesca does not deny the story of the raffle, but says that the prize is actually the boat purchased by Cesare and the friends have mobilized to help her and the child. To avoid a scandal, the commissioner accepts this story, after which Francesca takes a plane and leaves forever, living off the raffle money.
raffle, italian, riffa, 1991, italian, comedy, drama, film, written, directed, francesco, laudadio, marked, film, debut, monica, bellucci, theatrical, release, posteritalianla, riffadirected, byfrancesco, laudadiowritten, byfrancesco, laudadioproduced, byjacop. The Raffle Italian La riffa is a 1991 Italian comedy drama film written and directed by Francesco Laudadio It marked the film debut of Monica Bellucci 1 2 The RaffleTheatrical release posterItalianLa riffaDirected byFrancesco LaudadioWritten byFrancesco LaudadioProduced byJacopo Capanna Giuseppe PerugiaStarringMonica BellucciCinematographyCristiano PoganyEdited byUgo De RossiMusic byAntonio Di PofiProductioncompaniesProduttori Associati FilmolaDistributed byArtisti AssociatiRelease date15 November 1991 1991 11 15 Italy Running time93 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External linksPlot editIn Bari Italy Francesca a beautiful and wealthy woman is widowed and left with her daughter Giulia and a pile of debts incurred by her husband Maurizio whose betrayals she also discovers On the advice of her friend Cesare who is also a lawyer Francesca sells off her villa by the sea furniture furs and jewelry as well as a boat which Cesare buys to pay for at least one year of rent and the tuition for little Giulia s exclusive school There are no job prospects for Francesca so Francesca and Cesare decide to hold a raffle in which the prize will be Francesca The raffle will be limited to twenty participants who will each pay 100 million lire The winner will have the right to live with Francesca for four years and can ask for whatever he wants Raffle ticket buyers include friends of the late husband and Cesare himself One day Francesca runs over a young man Antonio with whom she begins a love affair He seems to know about the raffle and despite proclaiming his amorous passion he would be willing for her to be enjoyed by the winner continuing his secret meetings with her In reality the penniless young man aims over time to benefit from the raffle money A few days before the raffle drawing however the prosecutor receives a complaint about the raffle and the lawyer The lawyer s office is searched and a scandal threatens that could disturb local society When questioned by the police Francesca does not deny the story of the raffle but says that the prize is actually the boat purchased by Cesare and the friends have mobilized to help her and the child To avoid a scandal the commissioner accepts this story after which Francesca takes a plane and leaves forever living off the raffle money Cast editMonica Bellucci as Francesca Giulio Scarpati as Antonio Massimo Ghini as Cesare Gianluca Favilla it as Enrico Sandra Collodel as Carla Christina Engelhardt as Barbara Tiziana Pini as Camilla Marino Mase Renato Scarpa Paolo De Vita Maurizio Sciarra as Lawyer Di Cillo uncredited References edit Chiti Roberto Lancia Enrico Poppi Roberto 2002 Dizionario del cinema italiano I Film Gremese Editore ISBN 8884401372 Moliterno Gino 2009 The A to Z of Italian Cinema Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 0 8108 6896 0 External links editThe Raffle at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to an Italian film of the 1990s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a 1990s comedy drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Raffle amp oldid 1172136387, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
