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Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 7 wins & 10 nominations total
Marilù Tolo
- Diana
- (as Marilu' Tolo)
Alberto Castaldi
- Doctor
- (as Alberto Gastaldi)
Vincenzo Aita
- Alfonso, Priest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDomenico arranges an apartment in Naples for Filumena. The former tenant's belongings are still in. There is a picture of Clara Petacci ( = dictator Mussolini's mistress) on the wall and Filumena asks when is this going to be removed. The scene is set to late 1940's, so this obviously symbolizes Italy's transition from fascism to a republic. Mussolini himself would probably not have passed the censors.
- Quotes
Filumena Marturano: [subtitled version] The problem is that our hearts used to be so big...
[holds up pebble]
Filumena Marturano: and now look how small they are.
- ConnectionsEdited into Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)
- SoundtracksMunasterio 'e Santa Chiara
(uncredited)
Written by Michele Galdieri and Alberto Barberis
Sung by Don Domenico on the trip home from the racecourse; Don Domencio also asks the boys to sing it
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When De Sica finally got around to filming Eduardo De Filippo's great play "Filumena" he chose two of Italian cinema's finest actors to play the leads and even if the change of title to "Marriage Italian Style" was something of a sop to commercialism the end result was still hugely satisfying. Sophia Loren, (magnificent), is Filumena, the Neopolitan prostitute, and Marcello Mastroianni, (also superb), the rich patron who strings her along for years, always finding an excuse not to marry her.
It is, of course, a comment on Italian machismo and of the subservient role of women in Italian society so perhaps the comic possibilities of the plot might escape a non-Italian audience, (comedy was never De Sica's strong point). Still, Sophia was never more radiant than she is here, so what's not to love, (she was Oscar-nominated), and De Sica does manage to keep the potential for sentimentality at arm's length. Unfortunately, the film isn't as highly thought of as it once was and isn't much seen today.
It is, of course, a comment on Italian machismo and of the subservient role of women in Italian society so perhaps the comic possibilities of the plot might escape a non-Italian audience, (comedy was never De Sica's strong point). Still, Sophia was never more radiant than she is here, so what's not to love, (she was Oscar-nominated), and De Sica does manage to keep the potential for sentimentality at arm's length. Unfortunately, the film isn't as highly thought of as it once was and isn't much seen today.
- MOscarbradley
- Jun 21, 2019
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,600
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,967
- Sep 25, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $157,819
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Marriage Italian Style (1964) officially released in Canada in French?
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