Hungry for Love (1960)

When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past.

Director:

Antonio Pietrangeli

Writers:

Ruggero Maccari (story), Ettore Scola (story)

Stars:

Simone Signoret, Marcello Mastroianni, Sandra Milo

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Simone Signoret	...	Adua Giovannetti
Sandra Milo	...	Lolita
Emmanuelle Riva	...	Marilina (as Emmanuele Riva)
Gina Rovere	...	Caterina Zellero, detta Milly
Claudio Gora	...	Ercoli
Ivo Garrani	...	L'Avvocato - Adua's ex-customer
Gianrico Tedeschi	...	Stefano
Antonio Rais	...	Emilio
Duilio D'Amore	...	Brother Michele
Valeria Fabrizi	...	Fosca (as Valeria Fabrizzi)
Luciana Gilli	...	Dora - Piero's lover (as Gloria Gilli)
Enzo Maggio	...	Calypso - Stefano's colleague
Roberto Meloni	...	(as Roberto Melone)
Nando Angelini	...	(credit only)
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Piero Salvagni

Storyline

When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past.

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Plot Keywords:

singing | spaghetti | little boy | church | baptism | 

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Taglines:

Together for the First Time The Stars of "Room at the Top", "Divorce Italian Style", Hiroshima Mon Amour" "8 1/2" and "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

16 September 1960 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Adua and Her Friends

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zebra Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first time in her career that Sandra Milo dubs herself in a movie. Previously she had been dubbed by other actresses such as Rosetta Calavetta and Lydia Simoneschi.

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Connections

Featured in Cinema forever - Capolavori salvati (2001)

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Soundtracks

Più sola
Music by Domenico Modugno

User Reviews

There are so many moments where this could easily have become sentimental and doesn't

Very fine, gloriously black and white, very well acted drama involving four girls who decide to pool their resources and run a restaurant together when their brothel is closed down. There are so many moments where this could easily have become sentimental and doesn't and is much to the director's credit that this looks so good throughout. The jazz soundtrack is a great help as are the snatches or 'real life' - the steam trains rushing below car dealer Mastroianni's window, the fine moment in the main street when he passes off Signoret's failing car to another whilst slipping her into one more. But the best of all such sequences is the final shot upon the cobblestoned street in the pouring rain and without a cloying close-up, we all know exactly what the facial expression is. As I say all the acting is good but Signoret particularly puts in another excellent performance where she ranges from sexy to sad and energetic to dejected, but perhaps best of all her verbal onslaught upon 'the landlord'.