Reviews on movie Of Wayward Love (3)

Four novels from the distant 1962. Each offers an unusual look at the traditional relationship between a man and a woman. And it seems nothing terrible, only strange and special cases, but it turns out very colorful. And even now, the film flies in one breath.

And if the first novel with Catherine Spaak about debauchery and virginity looks strained and somewhat moralizing, then in the second we will encounter Vittorio Gassman, who plans a bold escape with someone else’s wife. It's sharp and ironic. And then we will see the true hit - one of the best roles of Nino Manfredi - the story of a soldier and a widow. The actors will say only a few words, but how accurately and poignantly everything will happen.
As for the fourth novel, it will allow the attentive viewer to see references to both Hitchcock and what the author hid from the show. . .

We have nothing but debt.
- Helena, I'll pick up the book, but I'll bring you a friend. . .

A married woman is caught up in her husband’s fantasies. He's a player. Not too good. But his wife attracts guests to his house and helps him get loans. New and new. . .

Can Vittorio Gassman's hero escape her nightmare? That would be the beginning of a romantic story. However, our hero lives with his mother. What if he is a rare miser who takes a step back?
Look, if you'd been married for a few days. Would you sleep with someone else? - Depends on who is the other one? Of course, I would sleep, why not.

Adultery is usually presented in the cinema as something treacherous. But what if it is formally innocent, not having special experience, the girl acts as an insidious seducer?
Catherine Spaak and Claudia Cardinale will cover this topic quite exactly.
It must have been a great city. He paid dearly for his alliance with Carthage. This city was called the city of punishment. . .
- How could you mistake a belt for a snake? - I was stupid. . .

Sicily. Night. Car breakdown. For some strange reason, a man sends his wife with two passers-by. Upon arrival, she claims that there was rape. But the topic is quickly turning off. What really happened?

Perhaps the answer lies at the beginning of the novel? Our Rosaline has an abundant imagination. And a dangerous snake can dream of her instead of the usual belt.
But what really happened?

In any case, the husband of our Rosalina is not surprised.
My sister was also widowed at thirty. I couldn't find peace. Such a grief.
- I'm sorry.
Nino Manfredi as a soldier and a charming widow (Fulvia Franco). Several stops on the train. Random meeting. Not a word. Can something happen between these strangers?
8 out of 10

The black-and-white film consists of four novels that share a common theme: the complex quest for love. The episodes are based on the stories of famous Italian writers: Ercole Patti “Women”, Alberto Moravia “Middle”, Italo Calvino “The Adventures of a Soldier” and Mario Soldati “Snake”.
In the first story, the hero Enrico Maria Salerno wants to be in the arms of first one, and then another familiar beauty. But in both cases, he will be disappointed. In the second, Vittorio Gassman plays a young man who chooses the former (in every sense of the word) between his mother’s hot soup and the passionate love of a beautiful woman. The third part is the best in the film. A simple soldier (Nino Manfredi) and a young widow (brown-eyed Fulvia Franco) find themselves in the same compartment and, as best they can, try to resist the magnetic pull towards each other. The fourth story focuses on the crisis of relationships, when the fire of love fades.
The film is particularly notable for Nino Manfredi's directorial debut. The main characters of "Adventures of the Soldier" do not say a single word. But why words when hearts speak? Manfredi plays admirably. His soldier is afraid of himself, of unexpected feelings. And if a young man dares to take a decisive step, some absurd obstacle appears on the way. And Fulvia Franco, whose coldness burns, and indifference gives hope.
7 out of 10