Marriage Italian Style
Matrimonio all'italiana
Vittorio De Sica
© Carlotta Films
During the Second World War, Domenico Soriano, a merchant from a wealthy Neapolitan family, meets Filumena Marturano, a woman of humble origins, in a brothel. He falls in love with her and takes her home to live with him. After twenty years of living together, and despite having always scrupulously played her role as wife and servant, Filumena has still not received a marriage proposal and decides to make Domenico believe that she is dying...
Cast : Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, Marilù Tolo
Scenario : Renato Castellani, Tonino Guerra, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi
Cinematography : Roberto Gerardi
Editing : Adriana Novelli
Music : Armando Trovajoli
Scenario : Renato Castellani, Tonino Guerra, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi
Cinematography : Roberto Gerardi
Editing : Adriana Novelli
Music : Armando Trovajoli
Production : Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia
Distribution : Carlotta
Distribution : Carlotta
With Marriage Italian Style, Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D.), the master of neorealism, created an essential classic of Italian comedy, the leading genre of Italian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. Subtly blending farce and drama, this satire of the urban bourgeoisie reveals sadness and disillusionment in the bittersweet portrait of a woman. A masterpiece of Italian cinema, admirably performed by Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren, who are unforgettable in roles that are equal to their talent.