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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964
Domenico first meets 17-year-old prostitute Filumena in a Neapolitan brothel in the 2nd World War. After the war they become lovers on and off for 22 years. Domenico eventually rents an apartment for Filumena and even lets her run his shop but is always chasing other women. Finally Filumena asks Domenico to marry her on her deathbed, just before he had planned to marry his young cashier, and admits she had his legitimate child. Dominico uses different subterfuges trying to find which teenager might be his son
Based on the play "Filomena Marturano" by Eduardo de Filippo
Director of photography, Roberto Gerardi ; production designer, Carlo Egidi ; film editor, Adriana Novelli ; music, Armando Trovajoli
Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Pia Lindstrom
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DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation
Italian dialogue with optional English subtitles