La lupa (1953 film)

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La lupa
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Directed by Alberto Lattuada
Written by Ennio De Concini
Alberto Lattuada
Alberto Moravia
Ivo Perilli
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis
Carlo Ponti
Cinematography Aldo Tonti
Edited by Leo Catozzo
Music by Felice Lattuada
Production
company
Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica [1]
Distributed by Paramount Films [1]
Release date
  • 25 September 1953 (1953-09-25)
Language Italian

La lupa (also known as She-Wolf, The Vixen and The Devil Is a Woman) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada.

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It is based on the novella with the same name by Giovanni Verga. [2] [3]

Synopsis

In a remote village in southern Italy, La Lupa ("The Wolf"), a woman with a free attitude and manners, fascinates and attracts husbands and sons who can't resist her. However, she falls in love with Nanni, who grows olive trees and wants to marry her daughter, Maricchia. At her mother's urging, Maricchia marries Nanni. But "the Wolf" still lurks around the latter, to the great despair of Maricchia. Overwhelmed, Nanni then decides to kill "the Wolf" ... which will have an atrocious end.

Adaptation

It should also be noted that Giovanni Verga later made a theatrical adaptation (1896) - one of the plays was directed by Franco Zeffirelli with Anna Magnani and Lucia Bosé in 1965 - and then a libretto. For a musical melodrama, in collaboration with De Robertis, composed by Giacomo Puccini and then G.-A. Tasca and represented in 1933.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 "La lupa (1953)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Callisto Cosulich (1985). I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN   8876051872.
  3. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.


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