P. M. Pasinetti

Pier Maria (P.M.) Pasinetti (24 June 1913 Italy – 8 July 2006) was an Italian-American novelist, professor and journalist.

He spent some time at the Louisiana State University and developed a friendship with "Southern Fellowship" poet and writer Robert Penn Warren.

His novels include: Rosso veneziano or Venetian Red (1957), Il ponte dell'Accademia or From the Academy Bridge (1968), Melodramma or Melodrama (1993).

Pasinetti taught both comparative literature and Italian at the University of California at Los Angeles for over 40 years.

In this film, he also appears among the group of guests waiting for the arrival of the actress Clara Manni (Lucia Bosè) at a private house.