A film whose screenplay was written specifically for the beautiful Francesca Dellera, who was sacrificed in this story, to serve the cause of male chauvinism. The film has had a considerable International success, competing at the Cannes Festival and qualifying Francesca as “the most beautiful skin of Italian cinema”, as Marco Ferreri has defined her.
Inspired from the exciting novel by Georges Simenon, this psychological story portrays the restlessness of an important doctor interpreted by Alain Delon, who receives a toy teddy bear, representing a looming threat. Francesca Dellera, who plays the part of the sensual lover co-stars in this thriller, her powerful stage presence is of great impact.
La Contessa di Castiglione Virginia Oldoini, who has been said to be the most beautiful woman of the century and a well-known seducer, apparently also managed to win over Napoleon III. It couldn’t but have been up to Francesca Dellera to interpret the adventurous and romantic life of the Countess, the charm and interpretation of which perfectly embody the noble style of the era.
To quote the words of Director Alberto Negrin: Nanà is “a compelling, extreme, twisted and dramatic love-story,” in which the sensual Francesca Dellera perfectly embodies a stage actress, she is a mysterious femme fatale who “touches the extremities of life and is then able to rise and win against all odds, by sacrificing her own life.”