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7.7/10 • 519

1964-12-181h 42m

DramaRomanceComedy

You have never seen it before! A New torrent of emotions! A New Triumph of Film-Making from Embassy Pictures who brought you "Divorce Italian Style" and "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" now brings you...

During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.

Directors
Vittorio De Sica
Editors
Adriana Novelli

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Sophia Loren

    Sophia Loren

    Filumena Marturano

  2. Marcello Mastroianni

    Marcello Mastroianni

    Domenico Soriano

  3. Aldo Puglisi

    Aldo Puglisi

    Alfredo

  4. Tecla Scarano

    Tecla Scarano

    Rosalia

  5. Marilù Tolo

    Marilù Tolo

    Diana

  6. Gianni Ridolfi

    Gianni Ridolfi

    Umberto

  7. Generoso Cortini

    Generoso Cortini

    Michele

  8. Vito Moricone

    Vito Moricone

    Riccardo

  9. Rita Piccione

    Rita Piccione

    Teresina

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CinemaSerf

Jun 18, 2023

7/10

Sometimes when you watch Sophia Loren's Hollywood efforts, she can look a bit unnatural - forced, even. Put her in front of Vittorio De Sica and pair her with Marcello Mastroianni, though, and she is in her element - and that makes for a really enjoyable comedy drama here. It's all set in Naples after the end of WWII when the wealthy "Don Domenico" alights on the seventeen year old, down at heel, hooker "Filumena" and over the years she becomes his mistress whom he supports comfortably. His eyes are set on a younger women for marriage and when "Filumena" discovers this she plays the ultimate of tricks on her beau forcing him to marry her instead. It's a short lived victory, however, when it transpires that her motives were less than honourable and that she has three children only one of whom is his! She won't tell him whom, he is desperate to know - will it end in tears of joy or disaster? It does take a little bit of time for us to get up to speed, but once we are in a higher gear this is a wittily written and funny story that sort of becomes a battle of the sexes - a battle of wits, certainly! Mastroianni and Loren have chemistry a-plenty between them and you can't help but have sympathy for his poor old sidekick "Alfredo" (Aldo Puglisi) too, as the romantic mayhem ensues in quite a stylish fashion. It's really well worth a watch, this - two stars at the top of their game and some fine location photography and rickety old cars!

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
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Revenue
$12,800,000.00
Keywords
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