Divorce Italian Style

Pietro Germi, 1961

Spine #286

Picked by 3 guests

Comedy / Crime

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Pietro Germi

Written by Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi

Cinematography Leonida Barboni, Carlo Di Palma

Edited by Roberto Cinquini

Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro, Margherita Girelli, Angela Cardile, Lando Buzzanca

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Chiara Mastroianni actor

“Actually I saw something that goes in the direction of what I just said. Divorce Italian Style is a very different story from Lubitsch. But what made me think of it is that Divorce Italian Style is a comedy. It’s really, really funny. When I was a kid and I first saw it, to me, it was just a comedy. And then growing up and learning about Italian politics... Divorce Italian Style was a very political film disguised into a comedy.”

Chiara Mastroianni

Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh actor

Picked without comment

Leslie Harris director

“If you want to laugh, Divorce Italian Style.”

Leslie Harris