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Matrimonio all'italiana Directed by Vittorio De Sica Produced by Carlo Ponti Written by Eduardo De Filippo
Renato Castellani
Tonino Guerra
Leo Benvenuti
Piero De BernardiStarring Sophia Loren
Marcello Mastroianni
Aldo Puglisi
Tecla ScaranoMusic by Armando Trovajoli Cinematography Roberto Gerardi Editing by Adriana Novelli Release date(s) 1964 Running time 102 minutes Country Italy Language Italian Marriage Italian-Style (Italian: Matrimonio all'italiana) is a 1964 film which tells the story of a successful businessman who kept a woman as his mistress for several years and now plans to marry another woman until his mistress pretends to be on her deathbed to induce him to marry her before she dies. It stars Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and Vito Moricone.[1]
One of the movie's most memorable moments is when the Mastroianni character is speaking on the phone with his new flame, shortly after having married the "moribund" Filumena. As he reassures his fiancee that death is near, a wild-eyed and vengeful Filumena emerges from the shadows behind him and exclaims in Neapolitan that she is in fact alive and well, the Madonna having taken pity on her.
The movie was adapted by Leonardo Benvenuti, Renato Castellani, Piero De Bernardi and Tonino Guerra from the play Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo. It was directed by Vittorio De Sica.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 1966,[2] and for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1965.
Filomena Marturano had already been adapted as a film in 1950 in Argentina.
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Cast
- Sophia Loren - Filumena Marturano
- Marcello Mastroianni - Domenico Soriano
- Aldo Puglisi - Alfredo
- Tecla Scarano - Rosalia
- Marilù Tolo - Diana (as Marilu' Tolo)
- Gianni Ridolfi - Umberto
- Generoso Cortini - Michele
- Vito Moricone - Riccardo
- Rita Piccione - Teresina, seamstress
- Lino Mattera
- Alfio Vita - Una pasticcere
- Alberto Castaldi - (as Alberto Gastaldi)
- Anna Santoro
- Enza Maggi - Lucia, maid
- Mara Marilli
See also
- Filumena Marturano
- List of submissions to the 38th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "NY Times: Marriage Italian-Style". NY Times.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/31545/Marriage-Italian-Style/details. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/38th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
External links
Films directed by Vittorio De Sica 1940s Rose scarlatte (1940) · Maddalena, zero in condotta (1940) · Teresa Venerdì (1941) · Un garibaldino al convento (1942) · I bambini ci guardano (1944) La porta del cielo (1945) · Sciuscià (1946) · Cuore (1948) · Ladri di biciclette (1948)1950s Miracolo a Milano (1951) · Umberto D. (1952) · Villa Borghese (1953) · Stazione Termini (1953) · L'oro di Napoli (1954) · Il Tetto (1956) · Anna di Brooklyn (1958)1960s La Ciociara (1961) · Il Giudizio universale (1961) · I sequestrati di Altona (1962) · Il Boom (1963) · Ieri, oggi e domani (1963) · Matrimonio all'italiana (1964) · Un monde nouveau (1966) · Caccia alla volpe (1966) · Woman Times Seven (1967) · Le streghe (1967) · Amanti (1968)1970s I girasoli (1970) · Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini (1970) · Lo chiameremo Andrea (1972) · Una Breve vacanza (1973) · Il viaggio (1974)Categories:- Italian films
- Italian-language films
- 1964 films
- Films set in Italy
- Films directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Films set in Naples
- 1960s Italian film stubs
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