44 Via Fabio Filzi, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Lucia Bosè in The Lady Without Camelias (1953)

Anna Baldini and Franco Interlenghi in Sunday in August (1950)

May Britt, Pierre Cressoy, and Gina Lollobrigida in The Unfaithfuls (1953)

Gina Lollobrigida and Yves Montand in The Law (1959)

You aren't less than them, because you are of the same blood.

When I was a young girl, me and Count Sartori--yes, Fabrizio Sartori--we were in love and you were born before I got married. You're his daughter. Line Anna, Paolo and the other one. I could never have foreseen that Paolo would fall for you. Have you understood now why this marriage is impossible?

Gabriele Ferzetti and Gina Lollobrigida in The Wayward Wife (1953)

Gina Lollobrigida and Nanda Primavera in The Wayward Wife (1953)

Gina Lollobrigida in The Wayward Wife (1953)

Gina Lollobrigida

Gabriele Ferzetti

Franco Interlenghi

Alberto Moravia

Giorgio Bassani

Sandro De Feo

Gemma, daughter of a lodger, is in love with her half-brother, but since she cannot marry him she ends up marrying a teacher. She doesn&apos;t love him and betrays him but is blackmailed by a Romanian countess who forces her to become ...

Mario Soldati

La provinciale

Stars in the making.

This is a measured version, some might say &apos;too measured&apos;, of the novel by Alberto Moravia. It certainly takes a while to get going but once the characters are established it gathers momentum and keeps one gripped until the end. Technically the film is superb. The composition and framing is exemplary as one would expect with Mario Soldati as director and both G. R. Aldo and Domenico Scala behind the camera. The film is topped and tailed by the sounds of a piano played by a neighbour but the film is otherwise without music which is most effective. The characters are finely drawn. Elvira is a monster and is played with relish by Alda Mangini. Both Gina Lollobrigida and Gabriele Ferzetti were beginning to make their mark. She won the Golden Goblet for her portrayal of Gemma and he the Silver Ribbon as Franco. The best roles were still to come for Ferzetti of course but with the notable exception of Adriana in &apos;La Romana&apos;, whether the same applies to La Lollo is a moot point. All-in-all an immensely satisfying film that bears revisiting.

This is a measured version, some might say 'too measured', of the novel by Alberto Moravia. It certainly takes a while to get going but once the characters are established it gathers momentum and keeps one gripped until the end. Technically the film is superb. The composition and framing is exemplary as one would expect with Mario Soldati as director and both G. R. Aldo and Domenico Scala behind the camera. The film is topped and tailed by the sounds of a piano played by a neighbour but the film is otherwise without music which is most effective. The characters are finely drawn. Elvira is a monster and is played with relish by Alda Mangini. Both Gina Lollobrigida and Gabriele Ferzetti were beginning to make their mark. She won the Golden Goblet for her portrayal of Gemma and he the Silver Ribbon as Franco. The best roles were still to come for Ferzetti of course but with the notable exception of Adriana in 'La Romana', whether the same applies to La Lollo is a moot point. All-in-all an immensely satisfying film that bears revisiting.

Gemma, daughter of a lodger, is in love with her half-brother, but since she cannot marry him she ends up marrying a teacher. She doesn't love him and betrays him but is blackmailed by a Romanian countess who forces her to become a prostitute. She's desperate but in the end she asks her husband for help. She has learned to love him in the meantime.

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