Red_Roses_(1940_film)

<i>Red Roses</i> (film)

Red Roses (film)

1940 film

Red Roses (Italian: Rose scarlatte) is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Giuseppe Amato and starring De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, and Vivi Gioi. It was De Sica's first film as a director.[1] De Sica had previously appeared in a 1936 production of the stage play by Aldo De Benedetti on which it was based.[2] It was shot at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.

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Plot

When Renée Saint-Cyr as Maria Verani, gets a delivery of a bunch of scarlet roses, it starts a series of events between the adulterers but the focus is on the spouses themselves. The husband Vittorio De Sica as Alberto Verani, test to see if she will betray him, but repents of his actions and goes back to her.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    "Tribute to Vittorio De Sica". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  2. [2]
    Cardullo p.117

Bibliography

  • Cardullo, Bert. Vittorio De Sica: Actor, Director, Auteur. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.


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