To be fair, I don't like Ettore Scola. I find him too politically correct and to be frank mushy. And this film is no exception: "look how awful the awful fascists are and how wonderful the gay-freedom-loving-culture-buffs are". No really you think so?
Now Mastroianni and Loren ar...( read more)
Alessandra Mussolini,
Antonio Garibaldi,
Françoise Berd,
John Vernon,
Marcello Mastroianni
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The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. Left alone in her tenement home when her fascist husband runs off to attend the historic event, S...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005
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January 11, 2009
The biggest achievement of this film is the fact that a private story is told through the perspective of the social (hi)story, and the opposite, only to show that a private story is much more history than the social one.
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November 26, 2008
want to see this because it won best foreign-language film at the golden globes and was nominated for best foreign film by NBR and at the oscars
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February 2, 2008
Very intense film, with strong influences of neorealism and great performances by Loren and Mastroianni.
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December 20, 2006
Easy film to see, but about a complicated situation. Great performance of Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren.
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December 10, 2006
Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...
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