Four Steps in the Clouds

Quattro passi fra le nuvole U.S. title Four Steps in the Clouds is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. Aesthetically, it is close to Italian neorealism. The films sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi.

The story deals with a married agent for a candy manufacturer, played by Gino Cervi. He leads a stable, if somewhat boring, family life in a large unnamed city in the North of Italy.While travelling on a South bound train on company business, he sees a young woman about to be put off by the conductor. She has no ticket and cannot afford to buy one. The agent helps her stay on the train, and she asks if he could do one more favour for her. She has just been abandoned by her boyfriend upon becoming pregnant and she is now on her way back to the family farm. She has nowhere else to go but is certain that her father will throw her out as soon as he realizes that she is unmarried. ........

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