The marriage candidate
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The marriage candidate |
| Original title | La visita |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Antonio Pietrangeli |
| script |
Ettore Scola Ruggero Maccari Antonio Pietrangeli Gino De Santis |
| production | Mori's Ergas |
| music | Armando Trovajoli |
| camera | Armando Nannuzzi |
| cut | Eraldo da Roma |
| occupation | |
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The Marriage Candidate ( La visita ) is an Italian film game with Sandra Milo , François Périer and Mario Adorf . It was created in 1963 under the direction of Antonio Pietrangeli and is one of the works of the Commedia all'italiana . The funny punch lines are about the loneliness of people.
action
35-year-old Pina and the marginally older Adolfo get in touch via a marriage announcement. Your correspondence makes you want to meet personally. Adolfo is Roman and takes the night train to the small northern Italian town of San Benedetto Po on Friday evening . Pina picks him up at the train station in her car. At one stop, the village idiot Cucaracha approaches Adolfo in a threatening way and explains to him that he doesn't like him.
Pina lives in a small house with her dog Titina, her turtle Consuelo and her parrot Silvestro. She serves coffee to her guest. Flashbacks explain the life background of men and women. Adolfo is a salesman in a bookstore. He feels lost and lonely in the big city and nobody really likes him; his supervisor openly lets him know that he would really like to be rid of him. Adolfo imagines life in a small place where everyone knows and greets everyone as more beautiful. Pina doesn't endure loneliness, especially in winter. As an employee in an agricultural machinery company, she is surrounded by poorly educated, vulgar men and dreams of a life in fashionable Rome, where there is more going on. Pina leaves the house for a moment. During this time Adolfo rearranges a few pieces of furniture and damages a lamp in the process. Annoyed by the creatures, he torments them; he thinks the doorbells are ridiculous and plans to remove them. He is taken with her wealth and income. During their subsequent walks and a boat trip, Adolfo is pelted with stones by Cucaracha. In the dance arbor, too, he pushes himself near her. Because of tactless remarks, Adolfo was soon seen by the local population as a presumptuous Roman and turned them all against him. He drinks continuously throughout the evening. Back in Pina's garden swing, he grabs her legs and breasts. They enter their bedroom where a man is lying on the bed. It's Renato, a married truck driver they are having an affair with and who has visited them regularly. Renato did not know that she had a visitor today, and drives away to escape the drunk Adolfo. Pina accuses Adolfo of his character defects, all of which he admits. He overlooks the fact that she was having affairs and they kiss. On Sunday morning she drives him to the train station. Immediately after his departure they both think of what they will write to each other in their next letter: "Forgive me for not answering for so long ..."
To the work
The film-dienst ruled in 1967: “By unobtrusively providing the motivation, Pietrangeli also offers the viewer the opportunity to fill in the outwardly visible outlines of the people with the character and psychological requirements. In terms of form, the director does not deny his origins from neoverism; at the same time, he enriches his presentation of an undisguised reality with well-dosed poetry that takes some of its sharpness from the reality content. Pietrangeli allows hope to germinate, but he also gives the viewer the opportunity to recognize the reality value of such hope, which never congeals into an illusion. ”The renouncement of a happy ending makes the story truthful and also likeable. Sandra Milo and François Périer are ideal choices for the roles; his delightful Kammerspiel study of the ideal-typical petty bourgeois is the highlight of his career. The Protestant Film Observer summarizes his judgment as follows: "An excellent comedy film that can be recommended to adults."
Web links
- The marriage candidate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Overall presentation and background to The Marriage Candidate on "L'amore in cittá"
Individual evidence
- ↑ film-dienst , No. 17/1967, drawn by "PFG"
- ↑ Review No. 381/1964