Divorce Italian Style

aka Divorzio all’italiana

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A picture with promise… to love, honor… and oh boy!

Divorce Italian Style (1961) follows a Sicilian nobleman trapped in an unhappy marriage who becomes infatuated with his teenage cousin. As he devises an elaborate plan to engineer a so-called crime of honor that will free him from his wife, his scheme grows increasingly calculated and risky. This Italian comedy blends satire and dark humor in a story of social hypocrisy, obsession, and the manipulation of tradition.

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Extras
Criterion box art
Criterion DVD-1/US 2005
Delighting in Contrasts (30:40)
Pietro Germi: The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth (38:49)
Interview with Writer Ennio De Concini (7:10)
Screen-Test Footage: Daniela Rocca (3:49)
Screen-Test Footage: Stefania Sandrelli (4:35)
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  • Criterion’s DVD includes a 28-page booklet with writing by Stuart Klawans.

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