Divorce Italian Style
Divorce Italian Style is a 1961 Italian black comedy film directed by Pietro Germi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Alfredo Giannetti, Ennio De Concini, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's 1960 novel Un delitto d'onore (English title: A Crime of Honor). It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, and Leopoldo Trieste.
Plot
In the Sicilian town of Agramonte, Ferdinando Cefalù, a 37-year-old impoverished nobleman, has been married for 12 years to Rosalia, a devoted wife he no longer loves. He is in love with his 16-year-old cousin Angela, whom he sees only during the summer because her family sends her away to Catholic school in the city. Besides his wife, he shares his life with his elderly parents, his sister, and her fiancé, a funeral director. The family share their once stately palace with his uncles, who are slowly but surely eating away the remainders of their once-rich estate.
Awards
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| author | Agenore Incrocci Alfredo Giannetti Ennio de Concini Pietro Germi |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Pietro Germi |
| editor | Roberto Cinquini |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | catholic school chance encounter confession crime of passion criminal code devoted wife divorce is illegal dolce vita drown eat even family trip funeral director heart attack honor killing impoverish in flagrante delicto italian law codes kill la dolce vita mafia boss married meet read sail sicilian sicilian mafia train station world war ii write |
| musicBy | Carlo Rustichelli |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Franco Cristaldi |
| productionCompany | Galatea Film Lux Film Vides Cinematografica |
| publisher | Lux Film |
| recordedAt | Catania Sicily |
| theme | black comedy mafia satirical |