Adultery Italian Style
Directed byPasquale Festa Campanile
Written byPasquale Festa Campanile
CinematographyRoberto Gerardi
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Adultery Italian Style (Italian: Adulterio all'italiana) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.[1][2][3]

Plot

Engineer Franco Finali is caught red-handed by his wife Marta having an affair with Gloria, Marta's best friend. Marta agrees to stay with him, but only if he reciprocates by behaving the same way.

To avert a deeper marital crisis, Franco reluctantly agrees to this unusual arrangement. However, he quickly proves unable to wait and, consumed by jealousy, takes matters into his own hands. He ropes in Roberto, his best friend and colleague, who has secretly been in love with Marta for a long time. Marta pretends to engage in a romantic affair and strategically places "incriminating evidence" around the house to drive her husband to the brink. After comically playing the role of an inept investigator, Franco hires an equally inept adulterer. Falsely feeling guilty for a crime he didn't commit, Franco faces the risk of ulcer surgery and undergoes gastric lavage for a fake poisoning.

Following a series of ups and downs, a punished and remorseful Franco eventually earns forgiveness from his loyal Marta.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  2. ↑ Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini (2005). Il Morandini: Dizionario dei film, 2006. Zanichelli, 2005. ISBN 8808327108.
  3. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.


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