

White Nights
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Language
- Italian
- dance
- italy
- love
- unrequited love
- older man younger woman relationship
- foreign language adaptation
- modern day adaptation
- dostoevsky
- lonely
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France, Italy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR28 May 1961
- Theatrical (limited)Harvard Film Archive2 Jun 2018
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival22 Oct 1957
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical29 Jan 1959
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical25 Nov 1958
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-167 Nov 1958
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP8 May 1958
- TheatricalTPRe-release23 Dec 2009
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany21 Feb 1958
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival11 Feb 2006
HungaryHU
- Theatrical16 Oct 1958
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival6 Sept 1957
- TheatricalTRome14 Nov 1957
- TheatricalTMilan15 Nov 1957
- TheatricalTTurin20 Nov 1957
- PremiereRome Film Festival18 Oct 2006
JapanJP
- TheatricalG15 Apr 1958
- TheatricalGTokyo14 Dec 2002
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD18 Nov 2008
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1213 May 1959
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White Nights was released on 14 November 1957.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/30/2024
Marcello Mastroianni espies a young woman who is waiting, patiently, by a bridge. Initially he thinks she is one of the ladies of the night but as he passes he thinks he hears her crying. Distressed, she tries to flee from him but he manages to calm her down and they chat. They agree to meet next evening, same place same time - and that's the start of this charmingly simple drama that sees "Mario" and "Natalia" (Mari…
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