Engagement Italiano
Cast & Crew
Alfredo Giannetti
Rossano Brazzi
Annie Girardot
Tony Anthony
Marisa Merlini
Giuditta Rissone
Film Details
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Synopsis
Mario is a 47-year-old Roman bachelor. The furrier business he inherited is competently run by the domineering Regina, his late father's mistress, who leaves him plenty of time to dally with his equally immature friends at the gymnasium and the billiard parlor. His fiancée of 5 years, Clara, patiently remains in the background. And his mother continues to humor his whims as though he were still a child. But one day one of his friends, Franco, who has been wooing Clara himself, persuades her to tell Mario that she is pregnant. At first Mario is delighted with this evidence of his virility, but when Clara presses the subject of marriage, he continues to procrastinate. Realizing how shallow and vain Mario really is, and humiliated when he slaps her in public, Clara breaks their engagement and takes up with Franco. More blows to Mario's ego follow as one by one he is deserted by his friends. As the years pass, he finds that only Regina is left to him. For years she has been waiting like a spider, and now she eagerly reaches out for him.
Director
Alfredo Giannetti
Cast
Rossano Brazzi
Annie Girardot
Tony Anthony
Marisa Merlini
Giuditta Rissone
Silla Bettini
Nino Dal Fabbro
Giorgio Tedeschi
Cesarina Gherardi
Renzo Palmer
Crew
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Rome opening: March 1965 as La ragazza in prestito; running time: 95 min.
