Where the Hot Wind Blows
Where the Hot Wind Blows ★★ La Legge; La Loi; The Law 1959
Marietta (Lollobrigida) is a poor girl in a Sicilian fishing village who's in love with Enrico (Mastroianni), an equally impoverished engineer. But she comes up with a unique way to get money for her dowry even as she's pursued by every male in town. Meanwhile, local mobster Brigante (Montand) wants to make sure than his son Francisco (Mattioli) doesn't get too involved with the unsuitable Lucrezia (Mercouri). Italian with subtitles. 120m/B VHS, DVD . FR IT Gina Lollobrigida, Marcello Mastroianni, Yves Montand, Melina Mercouri, Raf Mattioli, Pierre Brasseur, Paolo Stoppa; D: Jules Dassin; W: Jules Dassin, Francoise Giroud; C: Otello Martelli; M: Roman Vlad.
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