Wild Love (1955)

  • NR
  • 06/17/1955 (IT)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 21m

Overview

Despite of (or perhaps because of ) its sparse production values and unpretentiousness, the Italian Gli Innamorati was feted at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The bulk of the story takes place in a single Roman neighborhood. In the manner of the 1925 German classic A Joyless Street, director Mauro Bolognini studies the hopes, dreams, successes and failures of the neighborhood's various and sundry denizens. No one subplot dominates the proceedings, though a bit of extra time is afforded the story of a fickle seamstress and her seemingly meek-and-mild boyfriend. The cast is dotted with such reassuringly familiar faces as Nino Manfredi and Gino Cervi. Released in the US as Wild Love, Gli Innamorati was instrumental in bringing international fame to director Bolognini, whose career soon shifted into high drive.

Mauro Bolognini

Director, Writer

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Writer

Massimo Franciosa

Writer

Cast

Antonella Lualdi's headshot

Antonella Lualdi

Adriana Latini, hairdresser
Franco Interlenghi's headshot

Franco Interlenghi

Franco
Sergio Raimondi's headshot

Sergio Raimondi

Nando 'Nandello' Latini, Adriana's brother
Valeria Moriconi's headshot

Valeria Moriconi

Marisa
Nino Manfredi's headshot

Nino Manfredi

Otello, hairdresser
Nadia Bianchi's headshot

Nadia Bianchi

Alba Del Bosco, diva of comics
Oscar Blando's headshot

Oscar Blando

Er Gratta
Decimo Cristiani's headshot

Decimo Cristiani

Luciano

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