The Pizza Triangle

The Pizza Triangle
The Pizza Triangle
Directed by	Ettore Scola
Written by	Age & Scarpelli; Ettore Scola
Produced by	Pio Angeletti; Adriano De Micheli
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni; Monica Vitti; Giancarlo Giannini; Hércules Cortés
Cinematography	Carlo Di Palma
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (United States)
Release dates	30 April 1970 (Italy); 1 November 1970 (U.S.);
Running time	107 min.
Countries	Italy; Spain
Language	Italian

The Pizza Triangle (Italian: Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca) and also released as Drama of Jealousy) is a 1970 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Ettore Scola and written by Scola and the famous screenwriter duo of Age & Scarpelli.^[1] It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini. It was coproduced with Spain and Spanish actors Manuel Zarzo and Juan Diego are dubbed into Italian. The film is available on DVD in Germany, released by WB as Eifersucht auf italienisch, and in Italy.

Plot

Adelaide (Monica Vitti) is a florist who begins to date Oreste (Marcello Mastroianni), who is an already married construction worker. However, Nello (Giancarlo Giannini), a pizza cook, interposes in the relationship, seducing Adelaide as well. The situation ensues in a quarrel, after which she is injured and hospitalized. Then, the three of them decide to live together but, eventually, the confused Adelaide leaves them after attempting suicide, to get involved romantically with Ambleto (Hércules Cortés), a butcher. Nonetheless, Nello the cook attempts suicide and the moved Adelaide returns with him. Oreste, who is unemployed now, intervenes again. Adelaide refuses both so another fight ensues, which causes the death of Adelaide.

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni – Oreste Nardi
Monica Vitti – Adelaide Ciafrocchi
Giancarlo Giannini – Nello Serafini
Manuel Zarzo – Ughetto
Marisa Merlini – Silvana Ciafrocchi
Hercules Cortez – Ambleto Di Meo
Fernando Sánchez Polack – District Head of Communist Party
Gioia Desideri – Adelaide's Friend
Juan Diego – Antonia's Son
Bruno Scipioni – Pizza maker
Josefina Serratosa – Antonia
Giuseppe Maffioli – Lawyer
Paola Natale – Flower Seller
Brizio Montinaro – Restaurant Night Guard

Awards

Marcello Mastroianni won the Best Actor award at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

References

^ "NY Times: The Pizza Triangle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
^ "Festival de Cannes: The Pizza Triangle". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

External links

Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca) at IMDb

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[NY_Times.com-1] "NY Times: The Pizza Triangle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-03-23.

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Festival de Cannes: The Pizza Triangle". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

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