---
title: 'A Leap in the Dark (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marco Bellocchio'
released: '1980-02-14'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-leap-in-the-dark-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079845/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Leap in the Dark (1980)

1980 · 120 min · Drama, Comedy · France, Italy

Original title: Salto nel vuoto

## Synopsis

A Leap in the Dark is a 1980 Italian film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It stars Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimée, who won the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes respectively at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. The film also won the David di Donatello for Best Director and was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marco Bellocchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-bellocchio)
- **Screenplay:** [Marco Bellocchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-bellocchio), [Vincenzo Cerami](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenzo-cerami), [Piero Natoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-natoli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicola Piovani](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-piovani)
- **Producer:** [Silvio Clementelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvio-clementelli)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giuseppe Lanci](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-lanci)
- **Editor:** [Roberto Perpignani](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-perpignani)

## Cast

- [Carol Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-hawkins)
- [Anna Orso](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-orso)
- [Michele Placido](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-placido)
- [Giampaolo Saccarola](https://cinepixo.com/people/giampaolo-saccarola)
- [Anouk Aimée](https://cinepixo.com/people/anouk-aimee)
- [Giovanni Frezza](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-frezza)
- [Pier Giorgio Bellocchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/pier-giorgio-bellocchio)
- [Gisella Burinato](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisella-burinato)
- [John Carlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carlin)
- [David Hargreaves](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hargreaves)
- [Michel Piccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-piccoli)

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