Le ragazze di San Frediano (English: The Girls of San Frediano) is a 1949 novel by Italian author
Vasco Pratolini.
Plot
The novel is set in
Florence at the end of the
Second World War. The story follows the escapades of a Florentine mechanic, a local "
Don Giovanni," who romances several women simultaneously and secretly. His multiple relationships come to the women's attention, and they conceive a plot to punish the mechanic for his behavior.[1]
Film adaptations
The novel has been adapted to film twice:
In 1954, a cinematic adaptation directed by
Valerio Zurlini was released. The film represented Zurlini's directorial debut,[2] and was one of the first movies to be filmed in Florence.[3] The 1954 film starred: