The woman is called Grazia, Fellini often uses a woman called gradiscia(same meaning). In Antonioni's L'Avventura, there is a woman missing. Here Grazia is missing. Both films are set on islands outside Sicily.
Any comments on this? The connection between L'Avventura and Respiro?
No, Gradisca means "Help yourself" and was a nickname, not an actual woman's name at all. Also, a female character nicknamed in such a way only features in Amarcord - Fellini doesn't at all "often use a woman called Gradisca". I really haven't a clue where you got that from. Grazia is just the Italian version of the name and word Grace, and has no connection whatsoever with the meaning of Gradisca. The latter derives from the verb gradire (meaning, to appreciate, which in this context doesn't have the same meaning as it would in English. In other words, her nickname means "appreciate me", which makes no sense in English as it stands, and would roughly translate as "Help yourself" in Italian).
shareWhat you call a connection is called coincidence.
I don't know on which island "L'avventura" is situated, but while there are a few inhabited volcanic islands off the coast of Sicily (in fact they're all volcanic islands), Lampedusa is more than 200 km away from Sicily.
If "missing" and "islands outside Sicily" mean a connection I can find connections between any pair of films.
More connections between "L'avventura" e "Respiro":
- both are Italian
- in both there are boats
- in both there are people
- both directors are male
- there's an "i" in the last name of both directors
- "L'avventura" was produced 42 years before "Respiro" and "Respiro" was produced 42 years after "L'avventura"! Coincidence? I think not!
See how easy it is?
Sorry, but I couldn't resist
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