Matrimonio a la italiana

Here's a film that asks: can a certain kind of woman get a man to do the right thing? A long-term affair in Naples results in children and endless promises of marriage, so she feigns a mortal illness to force his hand. It's a crowd-pleaser, if a rather dated one.

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Vittorio De Sica directed Matrimonio a la italiana in 1964. See Vittorio De Sica's full filmography, where to start with Vittorio De Sica, or where to go after you've seen everything by Vittorio De Sica.

Matrimonio a la italiana was released in 1964 (IT original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.