Love in the City
Six top Italian filmmakers pooled their talents on the omnibus "reality" feature Amore in Citta (Love in the City). The film is divided into five separate episodes. Michelangelo Antonioni's "Attempted Suicide", several would-be suicides discuss the reasons for their despair. Dino Risi's "Paradise for Three Hours" is a humorous glance at a provincial dance hall. Federico Fellini's "Marriage Agency" finds an investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. Cesara Zavattini and Umberto Maselli's "Story of Caterina" dramatizes the true story of a young unwed mother. And "Italians Stare", written and directed by Alberto Lattuada, illustrates the various "girl-watching" techniques of Italian males. Among the actors particpating in the six vignettes are Ugo Tognazzi, Maressa Gallo, and Caterina Riogoglioso.
Running Time
116 mins
Year
1953
Kanopy ID
1241659
Filmmakers
Carlo Lizzani, Cesare Zavattini, Dino Risi, Francesco Masseli, Frederico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni
Languages
Subjects
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Comments (2)
Great directors, but rather disappointing shorts...My favorite ones: Risi, Fellini and Lattuada.
The short neorealist films that make up this omnibus movie are a mixed bag. The real winner here is Fellini's UN AGENZIA MATRIMONIALE (A Marriage Agency), which is quite funny, if somewhat underdeveloped.