Adua e le Compagne : Adua and her Friends
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: Introduction by Italian film historian Maurizio Poro; an episode from the film Amori di Mezzo Secolo, entitled Girandola 1910; director biography and filmography; photo gallery; a fully illustrated booklet including critical analysis of the film; new digital HD transfer from original 35mm negative print; digitally restored and remastered; new and improved English subtitle translation.
Simone Signoret, Sandra Milo, Emmanuele Riva, Gina Rovere, Marcello Mastroianni.
A wonderful example of Italian realism, this film tells the story of four prostitutes forced to fend for themselves when a new law closes the bordellos of Rome. They pool their savings to open a trattoria, but find they cannot get a license. A prominent fixer with connections obtains the license for them, on the condition that they conduct their old business upstairs and pay him an exorbitant monthly fee.
DVD, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono 2.0.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Italian dialogue; English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[United States] : RARO Video, [2011]
Year Published: 2011
Description: 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ergas, Moris.
Maccari, Ruggero, 1919-1989.
Pietrangeli, Antonio, 1919-1968.
Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985.
Milo, Sandra.
Riva, Emmanuèle.
Rovere, Gina.
Mastroianni, Marcello, 1924-1996.
Nannuzzi, Armando, 1925-
Da Roma, Eraldo.
Piccioni, Piero.
Rarovideo (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Prostitutes -- Rome -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Rome -- Drama.
Friendship -- Drama.
Crime films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films -- Italy.
Foreign language films -- Italian.