Angela instead, is a more modern woman and represents the times that are changingNothing justifies a murder if not the occurrence of a more serious fact. G. Losacco – AR-SOCI-250-98-201810 – Duquesne University, Rome CampusPietro Germi uses this law to show the paradox of a nation that feels modern but still maintains some absurd rules of the past.Given the fact that most of the victims of this law were women, it is very clear that it is a law made for men.The History of Fefe shows how this law could be used as an excuse to get rid of someone who no longer loved.The title Divorce Italian Style must also make us think how this law shows the paradox of a nation that accepts murder but cannot accept divorce … it seems that divorce is a sin superior to murderWomen in this film are used by Pietro Germi to demonstrate the backwardness of the South. Divorce Italian Style was Germi’s first comedy, yet it shares many of the social and political concerns of his earlier dramatic work such as Il Ferroviere (The Railroad Man, 1956).
587 “Anyone who causes the death of the spouse, daughter or sister, in the act in which he discovers the illegitimate carnal relationship and … Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) NR, 1hr 44min Art House & International , Comedy
Criminal Code, art. They are the exclusive property of man, to whom they must be totally submissive.If they are harassed, it is their fault because they are the ones who provoke the man.They live in the shadows of their men. when he found the wife together with another man.
Since Ferdinando is still doing nothing, she spits in his face in front of the entire town, which gives him all that he needed: an open insult to the family's honor due to his wife's elopement. The plan takes a while to get off the ground, because Carmelo is very shy and Rosalia is more than a match in conjugal fidelity. Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) Photos View All Photos (1) Movie Info. Divorce Italian Style (Italian: Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian drama-comedy film directed by Pietro Germi.The screenplay was written by Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci; based on the novel Un delitto d'onore (Honour Killing) by Giovanni Arpino.It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Lando Buzzanca, and Leopoldo Trieste. Ferdinando is aware of the development of his plan because he has been taping all their conversations and has to ward off the All the while Angela has been writing to Ferdinando to assure him of her undying love no matter what; however, one of her letters is misdelivered to her father, who dies of a stroke upon reading it.
The cast does a marvelous job in portraying the different characters. The loss of one’s honor.But what is the honor? He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.Baron Fefé Cefalù is a Sicilian nobleman bored of life and of wife Rosalia: he falls in love with young and beautiful cousin Angela, who spends summers in the same palace. Divorce Italian Style (1961) Plot.
Divorce Italian Style offers a well-written and genuine comedy with deliberate intentions for the audience to ponder regarding the society and the social restrictions that govern the unhappy. To fully appreciate the international box-office bonanza Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio All'Italiana), one must remember that back in 1962, divorce was illegal in Italy.Ferdinando Cefalú(Marcello Mastroianni) … At the funeral, Ferdinando is approached by Mrs. Patanè who demands to know what he will do to avenge their situation. As was the case with several UA soundtrack albums, there were both mono and stereo releases, but both were actually mono. Divorce Italian Style (1961) Plot.