Scarred / Assunta Spina (1948)
Assunta Spina / Scarred (1948)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 5500 kbps | 4.0Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English (custom), Italian
01:16:00 | Italy | Drama
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 5500 kbps | 4.0Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English (custom), Italian
01:16:00 | Italy | Drama
Carnal passion, tender feelings, devotion, murder, blood, broken hearts, vicious gambling, everything pranzis likes, are to be found here, in generous quantities.
Director: Mario Mattoli
Cast: Anna Magnani, Antonio Centa, Maria Donini, Aldo Bufi Landi, Margherita Pisani, Giacomo Furia, Carla Ferraioli, Ugo D'Alessio, Aldo Giuffrи, Eduardo De Filippo, Titina De Filippo, Luigi Amato, Anita Angius, Clara Bindi, Pietro Carloni, Eugenio Maggi, Beniamino Maggio, Anna Petrolani, Gennaro Pisano, Rosita Pisano
Scarred / Assunta Spina (1948)
Scarred / Assunta Spina (1948)
IMDb
Like all the Grandes Dames ,La Magnani makes herself wait since she does not appear during the first fourteen minutes.For a movie which lasts about 75 minutes it's much!As soon as she is on the screen she mesmerizes the viewer.Even in an average film like this one,with a relatively mediocre screenplay ,La Magnani shines.
She's cast as a semi-whore the people around are always putting down (a lady says: "I do not want to speak ill of her but ….).Her presence in the church is considered a sacrilege (there's the same scene in another Magnani movie :"Volcano" ).All her lovers -when she meets a sincere young man who wants to marry her it's too late- are brutes or cowards .It looks like a blueprint for what will be fully achieved in Pasolini's masterful "Mamma Roma"
Without La Magnani,this film would be forgotten.
~ dbdumonteil
Scarred / Assunta Spina (1948)
Scarred / Assunta Spina (1948)
Scarred / Assunta Spina (1948)
