Love in the City (1953)

L'amore in città (original title)

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1h 55min
Drama, Romance
27 Nov 1953 (Italy)
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Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.

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Directed by

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Michelangelo Antonioni	...	(segment "Tentato suicidio")
Federico Fellini	...	(segment "Agenzia matrimoniale")
Alberto Lattuada	...	(segment "Gli italiani si voltano")
Carlo Lizzani	...	(segment "Amore che si paga")
Francesco Maselli	...	(segment "Storia di Caterina")
Dino Risi	...	(segment "Paradiso per 3 ore")
Cesare Zavattini	...	(segment "Storia di Caterina") (collaboration)

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Aldo Buzzi	...	(segments "Tentato suicidio", "Gli italiani si voltano", "Amore che si paga", "Paradiso per 3 ore")
Luigi Chiarini	...	(segments "Tentato suicidio", "Gli italiani si voltano", "Amore che si paga")
Luigi Malerba	...	(segments "Tentato suicidio", "Gli italiani si voltano", "Amore che si paga", "Paradiso per 3 ore")
Tullio Pinelli	...	(segments "Tentato suicidio", "Agenzia matrimoniale", "Gli italiani si voltano", "Amore che si paga", "Paradiso per 3 ore")
Luigi Vanzi	...	(screenplay)
Vittorio Veltroni	...	(segments "Tentato suicidio", "Gli italiani si voltano", "Amore che si paga", "Paradiso per 3 ore")

Federico Fellini	...	(segment "Agenzia matrimoniale")

Michelangelo Antonioni	...	(segment "Tentato suicidio")

Marco Ferreri	...	(segment "Paradiso per 3 ore")

Alberto Lattuada	...	(segment "Gli italiani si voltano")

Dino Risi	...	(segment "Paradiso per 3 ore") (story)

Cesare Zavattini	...	(segments "Tentato suicidio", "Gli italiani si voltano", "Storia di Caterina", "Amore che si paga", "Paradiso per 3 ore")

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Marco Ferreri	...	series producer
Riccardo Ghione	...	series producer
Cesare Zavattini	...	series producer

Music by

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Mario Nascimbene

Cinematography by

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Gianni Di Venanzo

Editing by

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Eraldo Da Roma

Production Design by

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Gianni Polidori

Makeup Department

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Raimondo Van Riel

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makeup artist

Production Management

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Giuseppe Lo Prete	...	production supervisor
Alfredo Mirabile	...	general manager

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Aldo Buzzi	...	(segment "Amore che si paga") assistant director
Francesco Degli Espinosa	...	(segment "Tentato suicidio") assistant director
Otto Pellegrini	...	(segment "Paradiso per 3 ore") assistant director
Pier Paolo Piccinato	...	(segment "Agenzia matrimoniale") assistant director
Gillo Pontecorvo	...	(segment "Storia di Caterina") assistant director
Luigi Vanzi	...	(segment "Gli italiani si voltano") assistant director

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Mario Messina	...	sound engineer
Giovanni Paris	...	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mario Melloni	...	still photographer (as Mario Meloni)
Erico Menczer	...	camera operator (as Enrico Menzer)

Music Department

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Franco Ferrara

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conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Gloria Lunel

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script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Giordano Corsi	...	copy editor
Enrico Magretti	...	assistant secretary
Giovanni Santinelli	...	production secretary
Enrico Scamardi	...	production secretary
Vincenzo Vincenzi	...	production secretary
Enrico Maria Salerno	...	voice dubbing: Antonio Cifariello (uncredited)

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Faro Film

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Distribuzione Cinematografica Nazionale (1953) (Italy) (theatrical) (as D.C.N.)
I.F.E. Releasing Corporation (1955) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
01 Distribution (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
StudioCanal (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
Films sans Frontières (2015) (World-wide)
Ciné+ (2021) (France) (tv)

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords	anthology-film omnibus-film portmanteau-film directed-by-several-directors collective-filmmaking See All (30) »
Taglines	You see love as it really is...RAW! REVEALING! SHOCKING! See more »
Genres	Drama Romance
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Certification	Argentina:16 France:Tous publics Germany:12 (DVD rating) Italy:VM16 Norway:16 (Netflix self-rating) Portugal:M/12 Singapore:PG Spain:Not Rated United Kingdom:15 (video rating) United States:Not Rated

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Also Known As	Amore che si paga, L' (Italy) Storia di Caterina (Italy) Italiani si voltano, Gli (Italy) Paradiso per 3 ore (Italy) Tentato suicido (Italy) See more »
Runtime	115 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.33 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono
Filming Locations	Baretto, Rome, Lazio, Italy See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia

The main focus of this documentary is the plight of women and the lack of women's rights in Italy at the time (early 50s), particularly regarding childbirth, abortion, lack of child support enforcement, marriage, estrangement, divorce, and resulting issues of prostitution, suicide, and abandonment, all from the point of view of women, as opposed to the usual male objectification viewpoint and the laws at the time all favoring men in efforts of relationships and sex. See more »

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Referenced in The Magic of Fellini (2002). See more »

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