Made in Italy
Cast & Crew
Nanni Loy
Marina Berti
Claudio Gora
Lionello Pio Di Savola
Lando Buzzanca
Iolanda Modio
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Composed of 32 vignettes depicting life in modern-day Italy, the film is divided into five chapters: "Habits and Customs," "Work," "Women," "Citizens--the State--and Church," and "The Family." Linked together by scenes of four Italian laborers flying to Stockholm to look for work are incidents such as the following: Tourists in Florence are able to locate places of historical interest only by asking other tourists for directions; bored sophisticates in Rome amuse themselves by dining in the Trastevere section where they are insulted and rudely served; a young husband-to-be is relieved to learn that even though his fiancée has been involved in theft, kidnaping, and homicide, she is still a virgin; a Roman lover goes to great lengths to seduce a married woman and then finds it impossible to get rid of her; bridal gowns in a shop window are admired by a weeping nun; Virginia, a defenseless woman, describes to Renato, her former boyfriend, how she suffered at the hands of her recently deceased patron; the teenaged daughter of an ill-tempered janitor attempts to pose as a socialite; Diana, the beautiful owner of a Ferrari, allows herself to be picked up by Orlando, who is interested only in her car; impoverished villagers stare at posters urging them to "Help India"; the regally appointed offices of a financial magnate belong to a monsignor of the Catholic Church; Lamporecchi, a Roman citizen in need of an identification card, shuttles from office to office only to learn that the computers indicate that he does not exist; a young wife finds her husband in bed with another woman, and after listening to his explanations she apologizes for misunderstanding the situation; Anna, an Italian mother, shepherds her three small children, her shiftless husband, and her aged mother-in-law across three lanes of traffic to buy some ice cream and then discovers that the store is back on the other side of the highway.
Director
Nanni Loy
Cast
Marina Berti
Claudio Gora
Lionello Pio Di Savola
Lando Buzzanca
Iolanda Modio
Walter Chiari
Lea Massari
Virna Lisi
Giulio Bosetti
Catherine Spaak
Fabrizio Moroni
Sylva Koscina
Jean Sorel
Nino Manfredi
Rossella Falk
Alberto Sordi
Claudie Lange
Anna Magnani
Andrea Checchi
Aldo Giuffrè
Anita Durante
Tecla Scarano
Milena Vukotic
Giampiero Albertini
Aldo Bufi-landi
Adelmo Di Fraia
Antonio Mazza
Crew
Romano Dandi
Ennio Guarnieri
Gianni Hecht Lucari
Nilo Jacoponi
Nanni Loy
Ruggero Maccari
Ruggero Maccari
Claudio Maielli
Ruggero Mastroianni
Pier Luigi Pizzi
Carlo Rustichelli
Fausto Saraceni
Ettore Scola
Ettore Scola
Luciano Spadoni
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Rome, Taormina, Catania, Amalfi, Naples, Venice, Turin, Milan, Florence, and Stockholm. Opened in Paris in April 1967 as À l'italienne; running time: 105 min; in Rome in December 1965 as Made in Italy; running time: 130 min. Italian chapter names: "La traversata," "Creatura indifesa," "Colpi di fulmine," "Ogni bel gioco," "Il contrattacco," "Il labirinto," "Il laureato," "Cenerentola." Additional cast members Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Castelnuovo, and Peppino De Filippo appear only in the Italian release version.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1965
dubbed
Techniscope
Released in United States 1965
