This bawdy comic masterpiece stars Marcello Mastroianni as a cynical businessman, Domenico, forced to marry a not-so-naive country girl Filumena, played with fiery intensity by Sophia Loren. When Domenico hopes to keep Filumena as a mistress (and caretaker of his elderly mother) while marrying a much younger woman, the sly Filumena fakes a terminal illness, and asks him to marry her in her final hours. With a sudden "recovery", Filumena wrecks all of Domenico's plans for happiness. What's a poor Italian man to do?
Vittorio De Sica, famous for his neorealism masterpiece, Bicycle Thieves, abandons his austere style to embrace vibrant color and a wild comic tone to make Marriage Italian Style a feast for the eyes, and a comedy classic.
FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHY
Vittorio De Sica was one Italy's most acclaimed directors. Four of his films have won Academy Awards: Shoeshine, Bicycle Thieves, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Garden of Finzi-Continis. One of the early proponents of neorealism, De Sica proved to be adept at numerous styles and genres, including the brilliant comedy (and box office) sensations Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow and Marriage Italian Style.
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