Dramma della Gelosia (1970)
Director: Ettore Scola
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Scola's satire on screaming, gesticulating, Italian romantic dramas inevitably and unfortunately falls into the trap of indulging in the same overheated histrionics that it attacks. But, as it tells its melodramatic story of a beautiful florist torn between her two jealous lovers - a pizza-cook and a bricklayer - it still manages to be intelligently entertaining, with its eclectic humour (parody, social satire, and a nice line in cool, throwaway dialogue counterbalancing the boiling emotions) and polished performances.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Ettore Scola
Producer: Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini, Manolo Zarzo, Marisa Merlini, Hercules Cortez full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 106 mins
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