The American Bride

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The American Bride
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Directed by Giovanni Soldati
Written byMario Soldati
Gino Capone
Brian Freilino
Cinematography Romano Albani
Music by Gino Paoli
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
92 minutes
LanguagesItalian
English

The American Bride (Italian : La sposa americana) is a 1986 Italian romance film written and directed by Giovanni Soldati. It is based on the novel with the same name written by the director's father. [1] [2]

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Plot

Edoardo, a young professor of literature, is married to the Czechoslovak-American Edith, but he betrays her with her sister who is married to the homosexual Sacha.

Cast

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN   8877424230.
  2. Gaetana Marrone; Paolo Puppa; Luca Somigli. Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Taylor & Francis, 2007. ISBN   1579583903.