Marriage Italian Style
(1964)
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Marriage Italian Style
(1964)
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| Sophia Loren | ... | ||
| Marcello Mastroianni | ... | ||
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Aldo Puglisi | ... |
Alfredo
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Tecla Scarano | ... |
Rosalia
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Marilù Tolo | ... |
Diana
(as Marilu' Tolo)
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Gianni Ridolfi | ... |
Umberto
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Generoso Cortini | ... |
Michele
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Vito Moricone | ... |
Riccardo
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Rita Piccione | ... |
Teresina, seamstress
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Lino Mattera |
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Alfio Vita | ... |
Una pasticcere
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Alberto Castaldi | ... |
(as Alberto Gastaldi)
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Anna Santoro |
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Enza Maggi | ... |
Lucia, maid
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Mara Marilli |
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Domenico, a successfull businessman, with an eye for the girls, begins an affair with Filumena when she is 17 years old. She becomes a prostitute, but also becomes the mistress of Domenico. He eventually sets her up in an apartment, and she works for him in his various businesses. She secretly bears three children, who are raised by nannys. Domenico starts planning to marry a young employee. Filumena tricks him into marriage by pretending to be dying. Domenico annuls the marriage. Filumena then tells him of the three children. She says that one of the children belongs to Domenico, but will not say which one is his. You start to believe that all of the children could be his, and Domenico then marries Filumena again, this time willingly. Written by Steve Jordan <jordan@warwick.net>
This film is great you get to see Naples in 1964 when it was 100% Italian.
However outdoor shooting is limited--it is mostly shot on low budget sets which make things a little oppressive and limited.
Loren works as a hooker and has a 22 year relation with Marcello--- you have to suspend disbelief here. Sophia looks too classy not at all like a hardened hooker--still it is cute amusing story.
The music is perfect you will feel good after watching this film.
My solution to todays PC formula world is to rent something made before 1965.
Sunflower is another good film of the same type but the cinematography is much better.