Antonioni, Fellini, Lattuada, Lizzani, Maselli, Risi, Zavattini-L'Amore in città (1953)

You see love as it really is…RAW! REVEALING! SHOCKING! A daring new film experience… Made without fear…without taboos! IMDb Taglines




Michelangelo Antonioni-Tentato suicidio / Attempted suicide
Enquiry into attempted suicides Minerva




Federico Fellini-Agenzia matrimoniale / Marriage agency
A young journalist writing an enquiry into marriage agencies pretends to be a customer looking for a wife on behalf of a rich friend who is forced to live in the countryside as he turns into a werewolf whenever there is a full moon. A sweet young girl is driven by poverty and hunger to offer to marry the journalist’s “supposed” friend. Minerva




Alberto Lattuada-Gli italiani si voltano / Italians turn their heads
Candid camera in the streets of Rome focusing on men’s reactions when pretty girls pass.

Carlo Lizzani-Amore che si paga / Love for money
Enquiry into prostitution. Minerva




Cesare Zavattini, Francesco Maselli-Storia di Caterina / The Story of Caterina
Caterina, a penniless unmarried mother from Sicily who has been served an expulsion order from Rome abandons her son for the night, regretfully returning to pick him up from the convent the following day.

Dino Risi-Paradiso per tre ore / Paradise for three hours
Description of dance hall on outskirts of city attended by housemaids on day off. Minerva