Pelle viva
# Pelle viva

Pelle viva (Scorched Skin) is a 1962 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Fina.

The film entered the 23rd Venice International Film Festival, in which it received a special mention. In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

## Plot

The story of Rosaria, a woman from Apulia, who works in Milan and returns to her village each Saturday to see her illegitimate little boy, who is in a charitable institution.

## Cast

* Elsa Martinelli: Rosaria
* Raoul Grassilli: Andrea Morelli
* Lia Rainer
* Narcisa Bonati
* Franco Sportelli
* Franco Nero
