Academy Awards, USA 1963
| Winner Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen Ennio De Concini Alfredo Giannetti Pietro Germi |
| Nominee Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Marcello Mastroianni |
| Best Director Pietro Germi |
Embassy Pictures
Directed by Pietro Germi
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Marcello Mastroianni, a former nobleman, is unhappily married to his devoted but unattractive wife. He lusts after his much younger and beautiful cousin, Stefania Sandrelli, and it turns out she after him. He studies an Italian law which provides for a lighter sentence for a murder committed in the heat of passion. First, he must find a lover for his wife, which he does in a local artist whom he hires to repair some frescoes in their mansion. They are slow to warm up to each other, but eventually run off together by train. Mastroianni misses it, but the other man's wife humiliates him in public then challenges him to find them. With the help of a mafia boss, he does, but the other wife gets there first. Superb black comedy with Mastroianni in one of his best roles, which is saying something given the roles he has played.
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