Ettore Scola
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (107 min.) : sd, col. ; 12 cm.
Description
The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. Left alone in her tenement home when her fascist husband runs off to attend the historic event, Antonietta (Sophia Loren) strikes up a friendship with her homosexual neighbor Gabriele (Marcello Mastroianni). As the day segues into night, Antonietta and Gabriele develop a very special relationship that will radically alter both of their outlooks on...
Series
Criterion collection volume 801
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : photos ; 18 cm.)
Description
The prismatic portrait of the days and nights of a party girl in sixties Rome is a revelation. It follows the gorgeous, seemingly liberated Adriana as she dallies with a wide variety of men, attends parties, goes to modeling gigs, and circulates among the rich and famous. Despite its often light tone, though, the film is a stealth portrait of a suffocating culture that regularly dehumanizes people, especially women.
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