Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 12/20/1961(Italy)
Release Date: 04/26/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Criterion
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) would love to unload his demanding, sex-starved, monumentally unappealing wife,
Rosalia (
Daniela Rocca), but he can't take the legal means open to his American counterparts.
Ferdinando can, however, kill off his wife and receive a light sentence...provided he catches the lady committing adultery. The trick now is to make his plate-of-potatoes spouse attractive enough so that some other man will accommodate
Ferdinando by cuckolding him.
Divorce, Italian Style not only cleaned up financially, but also won several international film awards, as well as an Oscar nomination for
Marcello Mastroianni.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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