Jessica, ihannetyttö

Original title: Jessica

19621962
K-16K-16
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

373

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Comedy Drama Romance

Jealous of a beautiful widowed midwife, her female neighbors in their small Sicilian village plot her ruin by refusing to have anything to do with their husbands.Jealous of a beautiful widowed midwife, her female neighbors in their small Sicilian village plot her ruin by refusing to have anything to do with their husbands.Jealous of a beautiful widowed midwife, her female neighbors in their small Sicilian village plot her ruin by refusing to have anything to do with their husbands.

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

373

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Jean Negulesco
- Oreste Palella
Writers
- Flora Sandstrom(novel "The Midwife of Pont Clery")
- Edith Sommer(screenplay)
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Angie Dickinson in Jessica, ihannetyttö (1962)

Sylva Koscina and Noël-Noël in Jessica, ihannetyttö (1962)

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Trivia
Maurice Chevalier looks in the camera and narrates from the beginning, like he does in Gigi (1958).

Goofs
As Chevalier drives a Jeep along the coast, in the long shot the steering wheel is on the left followed by a close shot where he's on the right.

Quotes
Jessica: You think that they're right to do a thing like this to me?

Connections
Referenced in Juureton nuoriso (1965)

Soundtracks
Jessica
Music by Marguerite Monnot
Lyrics by Dusty Anderson (as Dusty Negulesco)
Sung by Maurice Chevalier

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6/10

An American Midwife in Sicily

An attractive young blonde woman (Angie Dickinson), who is a midwife, arrives for work in a Sicilian village and the men ogle over her. This action alienates the local women. As a group, they decide to forgo sex with their men. Without sex, they get even with their husbands. Also, without sex there are no babies. Without babies, there is no need for a midwife. The village priest, Father Antonio (nicely played by Maurice Chavalier), aware of what is happening, has his hands full. The irony is that some of the women are just about Ms. Dickinson's equal (like Sylva Koscina and Rosanna Rory). The last scene is a howl! Harmless fluff!

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