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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita is a 1965 British-American drama film, based on the novel by Rumer Godden, directed by Delmer Daves. It stars Maureen O'Hara and Rossano Brazzi.
Synopsis.
In Italy, two children, Michael (Martin Stephens) and Debbie (Elizabeth Dear), are aware that their mother, Moira (Maureen O'Hara), has left them for a lover, a famous Italian composer, and they are staying at the Villa Fiorita. Michael convinces
During the run of this play, Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli first spotted her . At 15, she was chosen out of 500 actresses to star as Juliet in Zeffirelli's film version of "Romeo and Juliet" (1968), opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo. Prior to her role in "Romeo and Juliet", she had appeared in minor roles in two films: "The Battle of the Villa Fiorita" and "Cup Fever" (both 1965), and an episode of the television series "Drama 61–67