Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici (1978)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Lina Wertmüller

Writer:

Lina Wertmüller (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 1978 (Italy)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Long Title

Cast

Sophia Loren	...	Titina Paterno
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Rosario Maria Spallone
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
Turi Ferro	...	Vito Acicatena
Mario Scarpetta	...	Tonino
Antonella Murgia	...	Ragazza incinta
Lucio Amelio	...	Dr. Crisafulli
Maria Carrara	...	Donna Santa
Isa Danieli	...	Una emigrante
Guido Cerniglia	...	Segretario Communale
Vittorio Baratti	...	Il farmacista
Oreste Radi	...	Il maestro

Also Known As:

Blood Feud (Australia) (USA)
Revenge (USA) (recut version)

Runtime:

124 min | Netherlands:100 min | Argentina:115 min | USA:112 min | USA:96 min (English version)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technospes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Lord Grade

Trivia:

The English language title was simply "Revenge".

Soundtrack:

Casta Diva

Uneven movie

This film has it's moments but we have seen them in other films and done better. Sophia Loren looks more like a tragic heroine from a Greek Drama. She's not bad but not a patch on the Cacoyiannis heroines in Stella and Zorba the Greek. The Sicilian countryside is impressive but was captured more attractively in the Godfather sequences. The film rambles on to it's inevitable conclusion which is unfortunately very badly handled it being stagy and melodramatic. Sophia Loren and Giancarlo Giannini just come out with any credit on the acting stakes and I would like to know if Marcello Mastroianni has ever been as inept. However the real turkey of a performance must go to the lady who plays his mother. All in all a very uneven movie just about watchable if you have nothing better to do.