La visita

The marriage candidate (La visita ) is an Italian film comedy starring Sandra Milo, François Périer and Mario Adorf. It was created in 1963 under the direction of Antonio Pietrangeli and is one of the works of the Commedia all'italiana. Behind the fun punchlines is about the loneliness of people.

Action

About a wedding announcement occurred, the 35 -year-old Pina and the marginally older Adolfo in contact. Your correspondence awakens in them the desire for a personal encounter. Adolfo is Romans and takes on Friday evening the night train to the small northern Italian San Benedetto Po. Pina picks him up with her car at the station. During a stop, the village idiot Cucaracha approaches in a threatening way Adolfo and tells him that he does not like him.

Pina lives with her dog Titina, their turtle Consuelo and her parrot Silvestro in a small house. They served their host coffee. Flashbacks explain the background life of the man and the woman. Adolfo seller in a bookstore. In the big city, he feels lost and lonely, and no one really like him; his superior is open to him to understand that he really would like to be rid of him. Adolfo turns life in a small town where everyone knows everyone and greets, as beautiful before. Pina endure the loneliness bad, especially in winter. As an employee in a factory for agricultural machines it is surrounded by poorly educated, vulgar men and dreams of a life in the fashionable Rome, where more is going on. Pina briefly goes out of the house. During this time, Adolfo up around some furniture and damaged, and a lamp. Annoyed by the beasts, he tortures them; the door bell he finds ridiculous and plans to remove them. Impressed, he is out of their property and income. During her subsequent walks and a boat cruise Adolfo is pelted with stones Cucaracha. Also in the dance arbor it crowd near her. Because tactless remarks Adolfo applies to the local population soon as arrogant Romans and bring them all to against him. In the evening he is on continuously on drinking. Back in Pinas garden swing he touches her on the leg and breast. She entered her bedroom, where a man lies on the bed. It is Renato, a married truck driver with whom she entertained an affair and she has visited regularly. Renato has no idea that she has a visitor today, and continues to also escape to the stock drunken Adolfo it. Adolfo Pina throws before his character flaws, he admits all. He looks over the fact that they had affairs, and they kiss. On Sunday morning, she drives him to the station. Immediately after his departure, both think of what they are writing to each other in their next letter: " Excuse me, that I have not replied for so long ... "

About the artwork

The filmdienst ruled 1967: "By Pietrangeli unobtrusive motivation mitliefert, he also offers the viewer the ability to externally visible outlines of the persons with the characterological, fill the psychological conditions. In Formal director denies his origin from the non Neoverismus, while he enriches his presentation of a undisguised reality a well-measured poetry that takes the realism of some of its sharpness. Although Pietrangeli can germinate hope, but he gives the audience next to the ability to recognize the reality value of such hope that never congeals into an illusion. " Abandoning a happy ending makes the story truly and also sympathetic. Sandra Milo and François Périer are an ideal choice for the roles; its charming chamber piece trial of ideal-typical petty bourgeois was the highlight of his career. The Evangelical movie watchers summarizes his opinion as follows: ". An excellent comedy film, the adults can be recommended "

1963 in film Screenplay Ettore Scola Ruggero Maccari Film score Armando Nannuzzi
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