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film

The Golden Coach (French: Le Carrosse d'or; Italian: La carrozza d'oro) is a film directed by Jean Renoir.

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It stars Anna Magnani, Duncan Lamont, Paul Campbell, Riccardo Rioli, and Odoardo Spadaro. The story, about an Italian commedia dell'arte troupe in Peru in the early 18th century, was adapted by Renoir, Jack Kirkland, Renzo Avanzo, and Giulio Macchi from Prosper Mérimée's play Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (The Coach of the Blessed Sacrament).^[b] The soundtrack consists of selections from the works of Antonio Vivaldi.

Plot

The Viceroy of a remote 18th-century Peruvian town has ordered a magnificent golden coach from Europe, intending to pay for it with public funds. There is speculation that he is going to give it to his mistress, the Marquise, but he says he plans to use it to overawe the populace and flatter the local nobility, who enthusiastically look forward to t