Divorce, Italian Style


	Name	Divorce, Italian Style
	Director	Pietro Germi
	Writer	Ennio De Concini <br> Pietro Germi <br> Alfredo Giannetti <br> Agenore Incrocci (uncredited)
	Producer	Franco Cristaldi
	Starring	Marcello Mastroianni <br> Daniela Rocca <br> Stefania Sandrelli <br> Leopoldo Trieste <br> Odoardo Spadaro
	Distributor	Embassy Pictures Corporation
	Released	17 September , 1962
	Runtime	108 min
	Language	Italian
	Imdb Id	0055913

''Divorce, Italian Style'' (or '''''Divorzio all'italiana''''') is a 1961 Italian Language Comedy Film directed by Pietro Germi , written by Ennio De Concini , Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti and Agenore Incrocci , and starring Marcello Mastroianni , Daniela Rocca , Stefania Sandrelli , Lando Buzzanca and Leopoldo Trieste .

It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Story And Screenplay - Written Directly For The Screen , and was nominated for Best Actor In A Leading Role (Marcello Mastroianni) and Best Director . It was released on DVD by the Criterion Collection in 2005 .

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''Divorce, Italian Style'' tells the story of a Sicilian nobleman who wants to remarry, but, since Divorce was illegal in Italy at the time, has to try and make his current wife fall in love with another so that he can catch them together, murder her, and get a light sentence for committing an Honour Killing .

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	CATEGORIES ABOUT DIVORCE, ITALIAN STYLE

	1961 films

	italian films

	comedy films

	films set in sicily

	commedia allitaliana

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