In Italian, with subtitles in English
Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: 1945-2015 Neorealism
Alex and Cathy Joyce (Sanders and Bergman) are a couple from England who have traveled to Italy to sell a large property near Naples that they have recently inherited. Alex is a workaholic businessman, given to brusqueness and sarcasm. Cathy is more sensitive, and the journey has evoked poignant memories of a poet friend, Charles Lewington, now deceased. Within days of their arrival, the couple’s relationship starts to disintegrate amid mutual misunderstandings and a degree of jealousy on both sides. Things become so strained that they agree to divorce, but following a visit to Pompeii, they get caught up in a religious procession in Naples that – as it seems, miraculously — rekindles their love for each other.Viaggio in Italia was unsuccessful when it originally released to theatres; years later it was discovered by French critics and called a masterpiece in Cahiers du Cinema.
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