This Rome filmed comedy tries for a contemporary set Fedeau style farce with De Sica as the lawyer involved in confusions in the marriage of glamorous neighbor Clara Calamai (OSSESSIONE, PROFONDO ROSSO) while his own wife (played by his wife Giuditta Rissone - Mario Soldati's wife plays Calamai's family maid) is at her sister's wedding. Misunderstandings are finally resolved by an inspired legal oration by De Sica.
Film making is smooth and pacing superior though the piece never rises above the level of amusing studio-filmed light entertainment. For the record, the only telephone in sight is not white but black.
There's no hint of the war and the style has no connection to the director's later turgid weepies. This one appears to have had no English language showing.
Film making is smooth and pacing superior though the piece never rises above the level of amusing studio-filmed light entertainment. For the record, the only telephone in sight is not white but black.
There's no hint of the war and the style has no connection to the director's later turgid weepies. This one appears to have had no English language showing.
