Divorce—Italian Style

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Divorce—Italian Style ★★★½ Divorzio All'Italiana 1962

A middle-aged baron bored with his wife begins directing his amorous attentions to a teenage cousin. Since divorce in Italy is impossible, the only way out of his marriage is murder—and the baron finds a little-known law that excuses a man from murdering his wife if she is having an affair (since he would merely be defending his honor). A hilarious comedy with a twist ending. Available in Italian with English subtitles or dubbed in English. 104m/B VHS, DVD . IT Marcello Mas- troianni, Daniela Rocca, Leopoldo Trieste, Stefania Sandrelli; D: Pietro Germi; W: Pietro Germi, Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti; C: Carlo Di Palma, Leonida Barboni; M: Carlo Rustichelli. Oscars '62: Story & Screenplay; British Acad. '63: Actor (Mas-troianni); Golden Globes '63: Actor—Mus./Comedy (Mastroianni), Foreign Film.