Classic melodrama about a bored marriage with no children who little by little breaks their relation and things go wrong . Concerning a troubled marriage (Ingrid Bergman , George Sanders) who attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples at sensuous locations in which they feel so ill at ease . As sensitive Ingrid Bergman and suave George Sanders do spend time together in Italy , there is a tension and an underlying increasing want on both sides to hurt the other emotionally in their own beliefs .
Thoughtful and brooding melodrama about a love story that goes awry . It deals with isolation , loneliness and misunderstanding against the city of Naples . Some films have to be seen to be believed , the secret of the most beautiful and magical of films is 'nothing happens' . From the slight tale of a tired English couple holidaying in Utaly , Rossellini builds an excellently passionate story of cynicism and cruelty swirling into a renewal of love : Sanders' gentle , caddish businessman superbly complements Bergman's Greta Garbo-like presence. And though critics may have always praised it as one of the most enjoyable films ever made , its genuinely romantic tenderness mark it as never so unfashionable , never so moving . The best scenes deal with Naples , depicting the citizens , their customs , photographed in neo-realist style by cameraman Enzo Serafin and detailing the hardships and the way of existence of the people , as well as the museum visits and the walks through the volcanic city of Pompeii.
There stands out the agreeable Ingrid Bergman giving very good acting as wife who's brought by her husband to Naples where she finds isolation and and her marriage a trial . Roberto Rossellini and his future wife Ingrid Bergman met for the first time while making Stromboli (1950). This vintage melodrama was even greater off-screen than on, this is the film which introduced Bergman and Rosselini and began their scandalous affair. Rossellini had a celebrated, adulterous affair with Ingrid Bergman that was an international scandal. They became lovers on the set of Stromboli while both were married to other people and Bergman became pregnant. After they shed their spouses and married, producing three children, history repeated itself when Rossellini cheated on her with the Indian screenwriter Sonali Senroy DasGupta while he was in India at the request of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to help revitalize that country's film industry. It touched off another international scandal, and Nehru ousted him from the country. Rossellini later divorced Bergman to marry Das Gupta, legitimizing their child that had been born out-of-wedlock.
The motion picture was well written/produced/directed by Roberto Rosselini who worked with no written script but a handful of personal notes , being his final film as a producer, after that, he produced 2 documentaries and a TV series. Rossellini produced his first classic film, the anti-fascist Roma, ciudad abierta (1945) ("Rome, Open City") in 1945, which won the Grand Prize at Cannes. Two other neo-realist classics soon followed, Paisà (1946) ("Paisan") and Alemania, año cero (1948) ("Germany in the Year Zero"). "Rome, Open City" screenwriters Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini were nominated for a Best Writing, Screenplay Oscar in 1947, while Rossellini himself, along with Amidei, Fellini and two others were nominated for a screen-writing Oscar in 1950 for "Paisan". Rating : 7/10 . Better than average. Essential and indispensable watching for Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders fans.
Thoughtful and brooding melodrama about a love story that goes awry . It deals with isolation , loneliness and misunderstanding against the city of Naples . Some films have to be seen to be believed , the secret of the most beautiful and magical of films is 'nothing happens' . From the slight tale of a tired English couple holidaying in Utaly , Rossellini builds an excellently passionate story of cynicism and cruelty swirling into a renewal of love : Sanders' gentle , caddish businessman superbly complements Bergman's Greta Garbo-like presence. And though critics may have always praised it as one of the most enjoyable films ever made , its genuinely romantic tenderness mark it as never so unfashionable , never so moving . The best scenes deal with Naples , depicting the citizens , their customs , photographed in neo-realist style by cameraman Enzo Serafin and detailing the hardships and the way of existence of the people , as well as the museum visits and the walks through the volcanic city of Pompeii.
There stands out the agreeable Ingrid Bergman giving very good acting as wife who's brought by her husband to Naples where she finds isolation and and her marriage a trial . Roberto Rossellini and his future wife Ingrid Bergman met for the first time while making Stromboli (1950). This vintage melodrama was even greater off-screen than on, this is the film which introduced Bergman and Rosselini and began their scandalous affair. Rossellini had a celebrated, adulterous affair with Ingrid Bergman that was an international scandal. They became lovers on the set of Stromboli while both were married to other people and Bergman became pregnant. After they shed their spouses and married, producing three children, history repeated itself when Rossellini cheated on her with the Indian screenwriter Sonali Senroy DasGupta while he was in India at the request of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to help revitalize that country's film industry. It touched off another international scandal, and Nehru ousted him from the country. Rossellini later divorced Bergman to marry Das Gupta, legitimizing their child that had been born out-of-wedlock.
The motion picture was well written/produced/directed by Roberto Rosselini who worked with no written script but a handful of personal notes , being his final film as a producer, after that, he produced 2 documentaries and a TV series. Rossellini produced his first classic film, the anti-fascist Roma, ciudad abierta (1945) ("Rome, Open City") in 1945, which won the Grand Prize at Cannes. Two other neo-realist classics soon followed, Paisà (1946) ("Paisan") and Alemania, año cero (1948) ("Germany in the Year Zero"). "Rome, Open City" screenwriters Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini were nominated for a Best Writing, Screenplay Oscar in 1947, while Rossellini himself, along with Amidei, Fellini and two others were nominated for a screen-writing Oscar in 1950 for "Paisan". Rating : 7/10 . Better than average. Essential and indispensable watching for Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders fans.