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Divorce, Italian Style

7.4

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Original title

Divorzio all'italianaaka

AKA

Divorce Italian Style

Year

1961

Running time

104 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Pietro Germi

Screenwriter

Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi

Cast

Music

Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematography

Carlo Di Palma, Leonida Barboni (B&W)

Producer

Galatea Film

Genre

Comedy | Black Comedy. Satire. Family Relationships

Synopsis

Baron Fefé Cefalù is a Sicilian nobleman bored of life and of wife Rosalia: he falls in love with young and beautiful cousin Angela, who spends summers in the same palace. Since divorce is impossible in Italy in the 1960s, he decides to kill the wife, knowing that sentence would be very light if he proved that he committed murder for a matter of honour, i.e. when he found the wife together with another man. Therefore, he starts finding a lover for Rosalia, using Carmelo Patané, a painter well-known by her.

Rankings Position

#56 Best Italian Movies of all time

Awards: 1962: Oscar: Best Original Screenplay. 3 Nominations

1962: Golden Globes: Best Foreign Language Picture (Samuel Goldwyn Award)

1962: Sindicato de Directores (DGA): Nominada a Mejor director

1962: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

1962: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Films

1963: BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actor (Mastroianni). 3 Nominations

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Critics' reviews

"Skillfully written, with a penetrating, almost brutal glimpse of Sicily and its antiquated way of life, it has been directed by Pietro Germi with lagless pace and consistent incisiveness"

Variety Staff: Variety

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Ranking Lists Position

67 My Favorite Italian Movies (31)

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Divorce, Italian Style

1961

Pietro Germi

7.4

(3,153)