Virginia, la monaca di Monza (i.e. "Virginia, the nun of Monza") is a 2004 Italian-Spanish television movie directed by Alberto SironiGiovanna Mezzogiorno. The film is loosely based on real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza", whose story was made famous by the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.[1][2]
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Screenplay by | Nicola Lusuardi Francesco Scardamaglia |
Directed by | Alberto Sironi |
Starring | Giovanna Mezzogiorno |
Composer | Carlo Crivelli |
Original language | Italian |
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Cinematography | Stefano Ricciotti |
Editor | Stefano Chierchiè |
Running time | 200 min. |
Original release | |
Network | Rai 1 |
Release | 2004 |