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White Nights

1957 · Movie · NR · 101 min · ★ 7.4 · 83% critics

DramaRomance

On cold winter nights by a canal bridge, a lonely man meets a young woman who returns again and again, hoping for someone who promised to come back. As they keep meeting, their conversations grow into a fragile bond, mixing warmth, longing, and uncertainty in a town that feels both real and dreamlike.

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Details
Original title
Le notti bianche
Years
1957
Release date
1957-11-14
Language
Italian
Rated
NR
Runtime
101 min
Critic score
83/100
TMDB rating
7.4/10 (254 votes)
About

If you enjoy intimate, bittersweet romances built on longing and late-night conversations, this may click, especially if you like the emotional sweep of Rocco and His Brothers; Not for you if you want fast pacing or clear-cut happy outcomes.

Pros: tender romantic mood; strong emotional performances; memorable dance sequence | Cons: talky and stagey; tonal shifts feel abrupt; romance can seem cynical

Themes

  • dance
  • italy
  • love
  • unrequited love
  • older man younger woman relationship
  • foreign language adaptation
  • modern day adaptation
  • dostoevsky
  • lonely

Cast & crew

Directed by Luchino Visconti