A huge international success, mixing farce, tragedy, politics and melodrama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A formidable trio of actors show their class from start to finish<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palme d’Or 1970 for Best Male Actor to Marcello Mastroianni<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even today, it is clear why this film met with such enormous international success. Scola (together with Age & Scarpelli at their very best) holds the delicate subject matter together with his confident hand: a working class m\u00e9nage \u00e0 trois<\/em> destined to fail, a sort of Jules et Jim <\/em>set in Rome. Dramma della gelosia<\/em> admirably shifts between farce and tragedy, held up by extraordinary performances from the three lead actors. But Scola isn’t just telling a complex and involving story. The film is also a sharp social analysis. The director said: “I wanted to see how the working class could endure bourgeois culture.” Therefore, behind the wild tales of life and death lies a political film. However, that doesn’t weigh the story down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Florist Adelaide becomes the lover of Oreste, a married communist bricklayer. During a protest march, Oreste meets Nello, a pizza-maker, and has the unfortunate idea of introducing him to Adelaide. She ends up falling for Nello as well. As she can’t decide between her two lovers, it results in a love triangle, which, however, isn’t destined to last for very long. Oreste loses his job and his home. Adelaide decides to marry the pizza-maker. But before the wedding she is killed by Oreste in a fit of jealousy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7481,"template":"","project-category":[33],"project-genre":[48],"class_list":["post-7511","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-category-cinema-en","project-genre-comedy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n