ITALY

1954 – 35mm – b/n

Direction: Aldo Fabrizi
Screenplay: Aldo Fabrizi
Cinematography: Giuseppe La Torre
Editing: Eraldo Da Roma
Set design: Peppino Piccolo, Salvatore Prinzi
Music: Carlo Innocenzi, Armando Trovajoli
Costumes: Maria De Matteis
Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Lucia Bosé, Walter Chiari, Ada Dondini, Luigi Pavese, Lauro Gazzolo, Jone Morino, Carlo, Amalia Pellegrini, Zoe Incrocci, Giovanni Grasso, Paolo Ferrara, Gorella Gori, Amina Pirani Maggi, Mariano Bottino
Producer: Felice Zappulla
Production: Fortunia Film

SYINOPSIS

The fourth and last episode of anthology film Of Life and Love, based on four short stories by Pirandello. An old professor, invited to the wedding of a very poor former student, borrows a tailcoat from a neighbour. When he arrives at the bride’s house, he learns that her mother has died from too much excitement. The groom’s family, who are opposed to the marriage, would like to postpone the wedding indefinitely…

CRITICAL NOTE

“Cinematically, the direction and the acting make this sketch a gem” (Corriere Lombardo, 5/2/1954)