Thursday, October 8, 2009

Divorzio all'Italiana

was a film directed by Pietro Germi in 1961. with a classic pattern of the 'commedia Italiana', Germi describes in an ironic way the mentality of the provincial life in Sicily and at the same time he criticizes with sarcasm the juridical situation in Italy at that time: the lack of a divorce law (which will come only in 1970) and the anachronistic article of the penal code that regulates 'crimes of honor' (which will be abolished only twenty years later). something to think about in these days when the Italian juridical system is in action again...
the film won the Academy Award for best story and screenplay and was nominated for best actor in leading role (Marcello Mastroianni) and best director.

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