Girl with a Suitcase
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Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl, Aida, whom his older brother has mistreated. In extending kindness and standing up for her, he comes of age. But, is there anything he can do that will alter Aida's situation or her prospects?
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Cast
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Claudia Cardinale
Aida Zepponi
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Once Upon a Time in the West
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Jacques Perrin
Lorenzo Fainardi
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Cinema Paradiso
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Luciana Angiolillo
Lorenzo's Aunt
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Il Sorpasso
Renato Baldini
Francia
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Riccardo Garrone
Romolo
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Corrado Pani
Marcello Fainardi
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Pinocchio
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Gian Maria Volonté
Piero Benotti
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A Fistful of Dollars
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Romolo Valli
Don Pietro Introna
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Duck, You Sucker
Death in Venice
Elsa Albani
Lucia
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The Witches
Anzio
Enzo Garinei
Pino
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Banana Joe
Madly in Love
Ciccio Barbi
Crosia
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Nadia Bianchi
Nuccia
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Valerio Zurlini Director · Leonardo Benvenuti Screenplay Enrico Medioli Screenplay
United States release September 11, 1961 · Produced in Italy, France · Production Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production
Titanus
Production
Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production
Italy · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La ragazza con la valigia
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · February 9, 1961
Premiere · Parma
Italy · February 9, 1961
Theatrical · Rome
United States · September 11, 1961
Theatrical
United States
February 4, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Museum of Modern Art, New York
October 13, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Brazil
July 18, 2026 · Limited theatrical · CineSesc ("Sessão Especial: Clássicos do Cinema de Rua")
France
May 16, 1961 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 11, 1962 · Theatrical
July 13, 2005 · Theatrical · Re-release
January 18, 2006 · Physical · DVD
April 29, 2016 · Digital · VOD
June 9, 2021 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Italy
February 10, 1961 · Theatrical
February 13, 1961 · Theatrical · Torino
Japan
October 24, 1961 · Theatrical
November 14, 2001 · Premiere · Grande Retrospettiva del Cinema Italiano
March 11, 2017 · Premiere · Cinema Neo+Classico Italia
Portugal
January 12, 1962 · Theatrical
July 9, 1972 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Cineclube do Porto
July 1, 2021 · Theatrical · Re-release (4K Restoration)
August 4, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-release
April 1, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
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