Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just inherited from his uncle, the villa where they will be staying during their time there. On the drive, they come to the realization that this trip marks the first time that they have truly been alone together, and as such don't really know one another in the true sense.
- 7.3
- 1954
- Released
- 1h 25m
Ingrid Bergman
Katherine Joyce
George Sanders
Alexander 'Alex' Joyce
Jackie Frost
Betty
Maria Mauban
Marie
Anna Proclemer
Prostitute
Leslie Daniels
Tony BurtonNatalia Ray
Natalie Burton
Paul Müller
Paul Dupont
María Martín
Judy (uncredited)Bianca Maria Cerasoli
Judy's Friend (uncredited)Adriana Danieli
Judy's Friend (uncredited)
Lyla Rocco
Mrs. Sinibaldi (uncredited)
Released
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- #prostitute
- #husband wife relationship
- #based on novel or book
- #italy
- #naples, italy
- #travel
- #relationship
- #divorce
- #pompeii
Reviews
On the face of it, this ought to have been a much better film. Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders and Naples - all under the expert supervision of Roberto Rossellini. Unfortunately, what we end up with is a beautifully crafted, but overly melodramatic story of a couple who find their marriage is over. When they drive to Naples to sell a villa Sanders has inherited, they discover during their journey -