Despite of (or perhaps because of ) its sparse production values and unpretentiousness, the Italian Gli Innamorati was feted at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The bulk of the story takes place in a single Roman neighborhood. In the manner of the 1925 German classic A Joyless Street, director Mauro Bolognini studies the hopes, dreams, successes and failures of the neighborhood's various and sundry denizens. No one subplot dominates the proceedings, though a bit of extra time is afforded the story of a fickle seamstress and her seemingly meek-and-mild boyfriend. The cast is dotted with such reassuringly familiar faces as Nino Manfredi and Gino Cervi. Released in the US as Wild Love, Gli Innamorati was instrumental in bringing international fame to director Bolognini, whose career soon shifted into high drive.
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Wild Love Cast
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Alessandra Panaro
She was 15, 79 years old when she died
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Franco Interlenghi
He was 23, 83 years old when he died
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Gino Cervi
He was 54, 72 years old when he died
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Nino Manfredi
He was 34, 83 years old when he died
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Antonella Lualdi
She was 23, now 93 years old
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Gigi Reder
He was 27, 70 years old when he died
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Toni Ucci
He was 33, 92 years old when he died
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Valeria Moriconi
She was 23, 73 years old when she died
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Cosetta Greco
She was 24, 71 years old when she died
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Decimo Cristiani
He was 24, 77 years old when he died
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Sergio Raimondi
He was 12, now 56 years old
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Wild Love Crew
