" Divorce – Italian
Style "
" Divorzio
all’italiana "
" Διαζύγιο αλά ιταλικά "
Italian
comedy film 1961
Boxoffice
magazine Oct 1962
Θεάματα
Κινηματογραφικά
" Divorce
– Italian Style "
A
Comedy
Embassy
Pictures
104
Minutes
Released
Oct. '62
Probably only
the Italians could successfully turn out an uproarious comedy about murder and
infidelity, and this Lux-Vides-Galatea film is certainly one of the best and a
sure-fire bet for the art houses.
Marcello
Mastroianni, the handsome Italian star of "La Dolce Vita" and the
current MGM Bardot film, "A Very Private Affair," has built up a
following with class patrons, but a few feminine fans may be disappointed that
he plays a 42-year-old Sicilian husband, instead of a romantic lead. Because of
its theme and numerous bedroom sequences, this is strictly adult fare.
Brilliantly directed by Pietro Germi, much
of it in the style of the old slapstick comedies, which were replete with
chases, the picture was voted "best comedy" at the recent Cannes Film
Festival, another selling point for the art spots.
Because of
the impossibility of divorce in Catholic Italy, the screenplay by Germi, Ennio
De Concini and Alfredo Giannetti centers on the frantic efforts of a bored
nobleman to rid himself of his nagging, over-amorous spouse by forcing her into
an affair with another man, thus permitting him to kill her in a crime of
passion, which carries a light prison sentence. This done, he is able to marry
his pretty young cousin - but the fadeout has on ironic twist.
Mastroianni proves to be as adept at comedy
as he is in his romantic roles and he is splendidly matched by Daniela Rocca,
who is hilarious as his exasperatingly faithful wife.
Stefania Sandrelli
contributes placid beauty and several character actors add expert comic touches.
Marcello Mastroianni
Daniela Rocca
Leopoldo Trieste
Stefania Sandrelli
Angela Cardile
Boxoffice magazine, vol 81, No 24,
October 1, 1962, Foreign Language feature reviews, p. 10.
ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΓΡΑΦΟΣ
[ ανάρτηση 9 Φεβρουαρίου 2024 :
" Divorce
– Italian Style "
" Divorzio
all’italiana "
Italian comedy film 1961
Boxoffice magazine Oct 1962
Θεάματα
Κινηματογραφικά ]
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου