La provinciale (1953)
(The Wayward Wife)
Country: IT
Technical: bw 114m
Director: Mario Soldati
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Alda Mangini
Synopsis:
A low-born woman is in love with her half-brother (her mother slept with a lodger), but cannot marry him. She instead marries someone she does not love, and infidelity leads to blackmail and prostitution before redemption comes.
Review:
Based on a racy novel by Alberto Moravia, this was perhaps Gina's best role and most seriously appraised film. Inevitably slightly softened for the screen, it still conjures up an atmosphere of erotic 'ennui', thanks to her incarnation of the role and Soldati's accomplished visual command.
(The Wayward Wife)
Country: IT
Technical: bw 114m
Director: Mario Soldati
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Alda Mangini
Synopsis:
A low-born woman is in love with her half-brother (her mother slept with a lodger), but cannot marry him. She instead marries someone she does not love, and infidelity leads to blackmail and prostitution before redemption comes.
Review:
Based on a racy novel by Alberto Moravia, this was perhaps Gina's best role and most seriously appraised film. Inevitably slightly softened for the screen, it still conjures up an atmosphere of erotic 'ennui', thanks to her incarnation of the role and Soldati's accomplished visual command.
(The Wayward Wife)
Country: IT
Technical: bw 114m
Director: Mario Soldati
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Alda Mangini
Synopsis:
A low-born woman is in love with her half-brother (her mother slept with a lodger), but cannot marry him. She instead marries someone she does not love, and infidelity leads to blackmail and prostitution before redemption comes.
Review:
Based on a racy novel by Alberto Moravia, this was perhaps Gina's best role and most seriously appraised film. Inevitably slightly softened for the screen, it still conjures up an atmosphere of erotic 'ennui', thanks to her incarnation of the role and Soldati's accomplished visual command.