A Girl Called Jules

A Girl Called Jules is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Tonino Valerii. Cast Silvia Dionisio as Jules Gianni Macchia as Franco Esmeralda Ruspoli as Laura, mother of Jules Anna Moffo as Lia Maurizio Degli Esposti as Lorenzo John Steiner as the guardian Roberto Chevalier as Camillo Livio Barbo as Amerigo Riccardo Garrone as Carvalli Raúl Martínez as Luciano Malisa Longo as Serafina Nino Nini as priest of Santa Maria del Giglio Umberto Raho as Father Dario, the confessor Ivano Staccioli as Professor of philosophy Tonino Valerii (cameo) Production After directing three Spaghetti Western films, director Tonino Valerii was worried about being typecast as a director of only Spaghetti Westerns. He began exploring other genres and was initially interested in adapting Livia De Stefani's novel Black Grapes. The original story of Black Grapes involved gangsters, a topic that became popular in Italy after the release of Damiano Damiani's The Day of the Owl. Valerii was introduced to producer Francesco Mazzei by Riz Ortolani. When approaching him for Black Grapes, Mazzei countered the offer to film an adaptation of La ragazza di nome Giulio.