Le Notti Bianche (a.k.a. White Nights) - I May Be Too Bold

Le Notti Bianche (a.k.a. White Nights) - He Was A Foreigner

Natalia (Maria Schell) is at last warming to Mario (Marcello Mastroianni), so she begins to open up about her life, allowing director Luchino Visconi's first departure from reality, introducing "The Lodger," Jean Marais, in Le Notti Bianche (a.k.a. White Nights), 1961.

Le Notti Bianche (a.k.a. White Nights) - This Young Lady Is With Me!

Office worker Mario (Marcello Mastroianni) has just been dropped off by his new boss in director Luchino Visconti's realistic but 100% artificial recreation of Livorno, sort of meeting Natalia (Maria Schell), early in Le Notti Bianche (a.k.a. White Nights), 1961, from a Dostoyevsky short story.

Le Notti Bianche (a.k.a. White Nights) - You Neglect Life And Reality

Not a scene you'll see in every Luchino Visconti movie, timid Mario and frightened Natalia (Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell) try to loosen up in a bar in the director's imaginary version of Livorno, in Le Notti Bianche (a.k.a. White Nights), 1961.