Divorce Italian Style(Divorzio all'italiana)
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Italy · 1961
1h 44m
Director Pietro Germi
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste
Genre Comedy
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Married aristocrat Ferdinando is desperate to wed his young cousin, Angela, but divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into infidelity so he can catch and kill her, then receive legal impunity under an old Sicilian code. However, his plan is nowhere near foolproof.
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