Divorce, Italian Style (Italian with English Subtitles) (2-DVD) - Comedy Classic Movies on DVD (1962) Starring Marcello Mastroianni; Stefania Sandrelli & Daniela Rocca; Directed by Pietro Germi; The Criterion Collection : OLDIES.com

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Item Number:
CRIT 286D

DVD Features:

Note: This release is a newly restored High-Definition digital transfer and new and improved English subtitles.
Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

Dobly Digital Mono 2.0 - Italian

Disc 1: DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE

Disc 2: Special Features

Documentary - 1. PIETRO GERMI: THE MAN WITH THE CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH (39 minutes).
Additional Footage - 1. Screen Test with Daniela Rocca and Stefania Sandrelli
Video Interview - 1. DELIGHTING IN CONTRASTS - 30 minute interview
2. Ennio De Concini - Screen Writer

Additional Products:

28-page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted pieces by Martin Scorsese and film historian Andrew Sarris

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Original Screenplay (1962)

Entertainment Reviews:

USA Today - 05/29/1992

"...[A] still funny spoof of Italy's divorce laws....Capped by a satisfying final gag..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars

Entertainment Weekly - 05/20/2005

"This classic tickler is the driest and blackest of dry, black comedies..."

Sight and Sound - 07/01/2005

"Mastroianni gives one of the most detailed and amusing performances of his career."

Description by OLDIES.com:

Baron Ferdinando Cefalu (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca). His solution? Since divorce is illegal, he hatches a plan to lure his spouse into the arms of another and then murder her in a justifiable effort to save his honor. The Criterion Collection is proud to present director Pietro Germi's hilarious and cutting satire of Sicilian male-chauvinist culture, winner of the 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Product Description:

A bored upper-class Sicilian (Mastroianni) has grown tired of his wife and would rather marry his attractive cousin. Unfortunately, divorce is illegal in Italy. Therefore, he decides to find a lover for his wife and murder her out of "jealousy". A hilarious farce about love and marriage. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Director, Best Actor-Marcello Mastroianni.

Plot Synopsis:

Director Pietro Germi's hilarious and pointed satire of Italian marital conventions is the prototypical Italian sex comedy.
Ferdinando Cefalu, a handsome Sicilian nobleman, longs to marry his beautiful nubile cousin Angela. There's only one problem: he's already married. Living in a society that frowns on divorce but forgives crimes of passion, Ferdinando devises a plan. He plots to prove his wife an adulteress, after which he can kill her and marry his cousin with impunity.

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Production Notes:

A co-production of Lux-Vides-Galatea.

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Marcello Mastroianni, Stefania Sandrelli & Daniela Rocca
Directed by		Pietro Germi

DVD Details:

High Definition Digital Transfer
The Man With A Cigar In His Mouth Documentary
Delighting In Contrasts: Collection of Interviews with Filmmaker/Critic Mario Sesti & Actors Stefania Sandrelli & Lando Buzzanca
Interview with Screenwriter Ennio De Concini
Rare Screen Test Footage of Actors Stefania Sandrelli & Daniela Rocca
28-Page Booklet Featuring Essays by Film Critic Stuart Klawans, Director Martin Scorsese & Film Historian Andrew Sarris
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English (Optional)
Label: The Criterion Collection
Originally Released in: 1962
Number of Discs: 2
Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
Video: Black & White
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: April 26, 2005
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 40,650
Item UPC: 037429202524
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 2 item(s) for International Shipping.

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