Diary of a Telephone Operator

Certo certissimo... anzi probabile
Directed by	Marcello Fondato
Written by	Dacia Maraini
Starring	Claudia Cardinale
Cinematography	Alfio Contini
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Release date	1969 (1969)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Certo certissimo... anzi probabile (Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact... Probable; English title Diary of a Telephone Operator) is a 1969 Italian film based on the story of the same title by Dacia Maraini. It stars Claudia Cardinale and Catherine Spaak.

Plot

Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in Nanda's flat but Nanda's priority is above anything else to find a husband. When she feels she has found the right man she doesn't want Marta any longer in her flat. But while Nanda's relationship fails, Marta meets and marries a man named Pietro. Only then it turns out her husband has an old friend. The man, a foreigner, moves in with the two of them. Marta tries to pair off the foreigner with her single friend Nanda. Both women think this might work out. But Pietro's friend has bought a boat in order to sail around the world with Pietro and when the friend announces to do this alone, Marta's husband has a breakdown. In the end Pietro abandons Marta, explaining to her that he has no plans for a return from this journey with his friend.

Cast

• Claudia Cardinale: Marta Chiaretti
• Catherine Spaak: Nanda
• Robert Hoffmann: Stefano
• Nino Castelnuovo: Pietro
• John Phillip Law: Crispino
• Aldo Giuffrè: the widow
• Alberto Lionello: director of a telephone company
• Antonio Sabàto: Carmelo
• Dada Gallotti: Marta's boss
• Francesco Mulé: examiner
• Lino Banfi: photographer