Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)

Original title

Due soldi di speranza

Directed by

Renato Castellani

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in a small Italian town tries to make a living and win the heart of a local woman. His romantic and economic struggles unfold with a mix of comedy and drama.

lightheartedromantichopefulwhimsicalwarmgentlecharming

What happens

Two Cents Worth of Hope (Italian: Due soldi di speranza) is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani. It is the third part of Castellani's Young Love trilogy, following Sotto il sole di Roma (1948) and È primavera...(1950). It shared the Grand Prix prize with Othello at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. 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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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