Divorce Italian Style
Divorce Italian Style is a 1961 Italian dark 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 (Honour Killing). It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Lando Buzzanca, and Leopoldo Trieste.
Plot
Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni), a 37-year-old impoverished Sicilian nobleman, is married to Rosalia (Daniela Rocca), a devoted wife he no longer loves. He is in love with his cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), 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 |
| keywords | catholic school cauldron chance encounter crime of passion cuckold devoted wife divorce is illegal dolce vita drown eat even family trip funeral director godson heart attack honour killing impoverish in flagrante delicto jealousy kill la dolce vita mafia boss married meet outer space read rub sail sicilian sicilian mafia space train station wait wife 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 | mafia satirical |