Liza (1972) on Netflix
Liza, vacationing on a sailboat, is left behind on a small island where the artist Giorgio lives alone with his dog Melampo. She falls in love with him and stays.
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Plot summary
Giorgio, an artist, lives by himself on a small uninhabited island, fishing, walking, collecting what the sea washes in and drawing comic strips, with only his dog Melampo for company. A sailboat stops near the beach, and Liza, quarreling with the friends and the man she is vacationing with, dives in and is left behind. Giorgio reluctantly takes the intruder into his bunker-like home, and after a night together he brings her back to the mainland. Liza returns to the island to be with him. Giorgio accepts her as a lover but gives his attention to Melampo, and her jealousy of the dog grows.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Liza (1972)
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- Ennio Flaiano adapted his own novella Melampus into a screenplay hoping to make it his directorial debut, but the project never came together; he is credited on Marco Ferreri's film yet took no part in the production and would likely have disliked the radical changes made to his work.
