Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)

Original title

4 passi fra le nuvole

Directed by

Alessandro Blasetti

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married traveling salesman meets a pregnant young woman who was abandoned by her boyfriend. He agrees to pose as her husband to help her face her family.

nostalgicwarmunderstatedpoignantgentlewhimsical

What happens

Four Steps in the Clouds (Italian: Quattro passi fra le nuvole) is a 1942 Italian comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Gino Cervi and Adriana Benetti. It tells the story of a married man who agrees to act as the husband of a young pregnant woman who has been abandoned by her boyfriend. Aesthetically, it is close to Italian neorealism. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." It was nominated for BAFTA as Best Film from any Source. It was also responsible for popularizing English-language dubbing in Europe thanks to the dubbed version overseen by Gisella Matthews. The movie was remade several times, including The Virtuous Bigamist in 1956 and as A Walk in the Clouds in 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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