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    Divorce Italian Style

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    It is not surprising that Italy, with almost 50 million citizens of the Roman Catholic faith, is well aware of the edicts passed down by the neighbouring Vatican. Considering that almost all the remaining 12 million are either agnostic or atheist, it is also not surprising that everything the Vatican says and does gets debated. Considering again that divorce was not accepted by the church in 1962, one could almost expect that war would be the only outcome from the release of this film. Thanks to director Pietro Germi and a cast of actors led by Marcello Mastroianni, there was no war and the film was a marvelous comedic hit. Mastroianni's appearance at the outset could send chills down your spine as his hair was slicked back and damped down with grease, an evil moustache covered his upper lip and a cigarette holder dangled from his mouth. Later we learn that he wore a hairnet at night, and so it went. In fact, there is a lot of the Pink Panther's 'Inspector Clouseau' in Mastroianni's character. Every plan he made seemed to turn to dust, then turn out positively through some miracle. Subtitles or not, black & white or any hue you like, this is a very, very funny movie.

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    maverick@  6.7.2015 age: 50+ 470 reviews

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