Product Details

• Actors: Jacques Perrin, Claudia Cardinale
• Directors: Valerio Zurlini
• Format: Black & White, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: French, Italian
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Ivy Video
• DVD Release Date: January 7, 2004
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001B50EY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #120,017 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

DVD Savant February 24, 2004
The show is a visual treat...Cardinale blooms on-screen...one of the most arresting actresses of the 60's

Product Description
The delectable Claudia Cardinale’s first starring role is superlative, knowing and naïve, sexy and innocent..

As the GIRL WITH A SUITCASE, Cardinale is Aida, a poor but upstanding young woman, valiantly struggling to protect her virtue while being betrayed by her trusting nature. Rejected by her lover, Marcello, a wealthy cad about town, she ends up with his sixteen year old brother, Lorenzo, who makes a gallant effort to save her from a sinister collection of rogues. In her peasant blouse and billowing skirt, Cardinale is a shot of caffeine to Perrin’s sexual awakening, and his noble actions provide a thin ray of hope against an otherwise dark future. Aida and Lorenzo eventually find solace in each others arms, but their idyll is shattered when her shady past catches up with her.

From this, her first starring role, Cardinale went on to stardom in Hollywood appearing in "Once Upon in the West", "Circus World" and the Pink Panther series. After all, Life magazine called her: ". . . unusual and touching . . . Claudia Cardinale is a delicious dish."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars VERY POOR QUALITY DVD!!!, September 4, 2004

By	A.R. (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girl With a Suitcase (DVD)

I loved this 60's italian film, but... in my opinion, in this DVD the image's quality is very very poor. Really is shameful. My rate is not 1, is: 0.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Incredible Claudia Cardinale, June 11, 2005

By	Peter Loewer "Reel Hound" (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You loved her as the truly exotic love interest in "The Pink Panther" (released in 1964), but here you get a chance to see her at her Roman best in this 1960 Italian film (directed by Valerio Zurlini) as she plays a beautiful young woman who, suitcase in hand, follows her ex-lover to Parma. Dressed in billowing skirts and the kind of peasant blouse apparently only found in Italian stores, she follows her ex-lover only to fall in love with his adolescent brother. This is a well-designed and planned DVD of high quality and my only problem is with two other reviews that claim to have seen this particular release (Ivy Video) but note its poor quality; I suspect they have their distributors mixed becase unlike other releases of less qualtity, this DVD is not dubbed but subtitled, something that when watching Miss Cardinale perform is very, very necessary. Although a great beauty with eventual roles in French, Italian, British, and American films, she never reached the heights of popularity associated with Gina Lollobrigida or Sophia Loren. Too bad! Of the three, in my opinion, she's the sexiest and the most fun of the lot.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie -- Terrible DVD Transfer, October 3, 2004

By	Westley (Stuck in my head) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Girl With a Suitcase (DVD)

"Girl With a Suitcase" is a relatively obscure Italian film from 1960. Claudia Cardinale stars as Aida, a small-time club singer with somewhat questionable morals. She is first seen traveling to Parma with her flashy current boyfriend. When the boyfriend abandons her at a garage, she tries to track him down in Parma. Instead, she finds his 16-yead-old brother, Lorenzo (Jaques Perrin). She starts an unusual relationship with him, and her motives remain unclear, which is the source of the drama. The film is generally interesting and well-acted - worthy of 4 stars; it even received a nomination for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.

Unfortunately, as has been noted by a previous reviewer, the DVD transfer is abysmal. The print quality is particularly bad - early scenes are almost completely bleached out and later scenes are extremely dark, as though everyone is in shadows. In addition, only a full-screen version is available, which results in several important conversations whereby only one person is visible on-screen. Finally, the original Italian version with subtitles is not offered - this DVD is dubbed into English. The sound and dubbing are decent, but the actors all end up sounding rather flat and non-descript. It's really sad when a worthwhile movie is so poorly transferred. The DVD also has no extras.