Journey to Italy Series – Sicily Divorzio all’italiana (Divorce Italian Style) by Pietro Germi
Thursday 4 July 2024 at 6.30pm
In Italian with English subtitles
Divorzio all’Italiana
Director: Pietro Germi
Screenplay: Alfredo Giannetti, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Margherita Girelli, Bianca Castagnetta, Lando Buzzanca,
Music: Ennio Morricone
Comedy/Drama/ Romance 1961/1h 45min
Based on the 1960 novel Un delitto d’onore (Honour Killing) by Giovanni Arpino, Divorce Italian Style magnifies through comedy the problematic hypocrisies of heterosexual relations in postwar Italy.
Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker
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Nick Walker has worked in the film industry, wrote film articles for The Guardian, is a film lecturer, programmer and host of film salon events in London and Rochester. Nick has a Master’s Degree in Film Culture.