- Two Cents Worth of Hope
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Two Cents Worth of Hope
(Due Soldi di Speranza)
original film posterDirected by Renato Castellani Produced by Sandro Ghenzi Written by Renato Castellani
Titina De FilippoStarring Maria Fiore
Vincenzo MusolinoCinematography Arturo Gallea Distributed by Les Films Marceau (France)
Times Film Corporation (US)Release date(s) 1952 Running time 110 min. Language Italian Two Cents Worth of Hope (Italian: Due soldi di speranza) is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani.
It shared the Grand Prix prize with the film Othello at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Contents
Plot
The film is the third in director Castellani's "young love" trilogy (the first two being Sotto il sole di Roma (1948) and È primavera...(1950)). The story concerns the romance between Carmela (Fiore) and Antonio (Musolino). The ardor is one-sided at first, but Carmela is a determined young woman, willing to scale and conquer any obstacle in pursuing her heart's desire. Once he's "hooked," Antonio scurries from job to job to prove his financial viability. Faced with the hostility of their parents, Carmela and Antonio symbolically shed themselves of all responsibilities to others in a climactic act of stark-naked bravado.
Cast
- Maria Fiore - Carmela
- Vincenzo Musolino - Antonio
- Filomena Russo - Antonio's Mother
- Luigi Astarita - Pasquale Artu
- Luigi Barone - The priest
- Carmela Cirillo - Giulia
- Felicità Lettieri - Signora Artu
- Gina Mascetti - Flora Angelini
- Alfonso Del Sorbo - Sacrestano
- Tommaso Balzamo - Luigi Bellomo
- Anna Raiola - Signora Bellomo
- Gioacchino Morrone
- Luigi Cutino
- Pasqualina Izza
- Antonio Balzamo
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Two Cents Worth of Hope". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4018/year/1952.html. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
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Categories:- Italian-language films
- 1952 films
- Black-and-white films
- 1950s comedy-drama films
- Italian films
- Film scores by Nino Rota
- Palme d'Or winners
- Social realism in film
- Films directed by Renato Castellani
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