Divorce Italian Style
Divorce Italian Style is a 1961 Italian black comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel Un delitto d'onore (English title A Crime of Honor). It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Lando Buzzanca, and Leopoldo Trieste.
Plot
Ferdinando Cefalù, a 37-year-old impoverished Sicilian nobleman, is married to Rosalia, a devoted wife he no longer loves. He is in love with his cousin Angela, a 16-year-old girl 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 crime of passion devoted wife divorce is illegal dolce vita drown eat even family trip funeral director heart attack honour killing impoverish in flagrante delicto kill la dolce vita mafia boss married meet read sail sicilian sicilian mafia train station wait 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 |
| publisher | Embassy Pictures |
| recordedAt | Catania Sicily |
| theme | black comedy mafia satirical |