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Divorce Italian Style (Italian: Divorzio all'italiana) 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).
Divorzio all'italiana è un film italiano del 1961 diretto da Pietro Germi. Presentato in concorso al Festival di Cannes 1962, vinse il premio come miglior commedia [1], e ottenne anche tre candidature all' Oscar vincendo la statuetta per la miglior sceneggiatura originale.
Divorce Italian Style: Directed by Pietro Germi. With Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste. A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
Un barone siciliano, Ferdinando Cefalù, si innamora di Angela, una cugina sedicenne da cui è ricambiato. L'unico ostacolo al coronamento del sogno d'amore è rappresentato dalla petulante Rosalia, moglie di lui, ma l'arrivo in paese del pittore Carmelo Patanè, vecchio amante della signora, aiuterà a sistemare le cose.
4 days ago · Synopsis. Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman.
An in-depth review of the film Divorzio all'italiana (1961), aka Divorce Italian Style, directed by Pietro Germi, featuring Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman.
