The Wayward Wife (1953)
- Original title
- La provinciale
- Directed by
- Mario Soldati
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman from the provinces marries an older man in Rome but feels trapped by social expectations and her own desires. Her life becomes complicated when she attracts the attention of several men, leading to conflict and heartache.
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What happens
The Wayward Wife (Italian: La provinciale) is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1953 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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