Cinematheque: Special Presentation

Often thought of as a sequel to Germi’s comedy Divorce-Italian Style, De Sica’s satirical examination of the institution of marriage in Italian society is much darker in tone. In this adaptation of the 1946 play by Eduardo De Filippo, Filumena (Loren) performs a tour-de-force in order to get her unfaithful longtime lover, Domenico (Mastroianni), to marry her. “Whenever Vittorio De Sica gets together with Sophia Loren something wonderful happens.” (NYT)