Marriage Italian-Style (1964)

Original title

Matrimonio all'italiana

Directed by

Vittorio De Sica

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 550 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy businessman and his longtime mistress navigate decades of secrets and manipulation when she pretends to be on her deathbed to trick him into marriage. Their relationship plays out through flashbacks showing them both scheming and loving each other.

romanticbittersweetwittymelodramaticwryemotionalclassic

What happens

Marriage Italian Style (Italian: Matrimonio all'italiana [matriˈmɔːnjo allitaˈljaːna]) is a 1964 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The film was adapted by Leonardo Benvenuti, Renato Castellani, Piero De Bernardi, and Tonino Guerra from the play Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo. Filumena Marturano had previously been adapted as a 1950 Argentine film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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