Adua and her Friends Blu-ray Detailed
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Posted October 30, 2014 04:23 PM by Webmaster
Raro Video U.S. will release on Blu-ray Antonio Pietrangeli's Adua e le compagne a.k.a. Adua and her Friends (1960), starring Simone Signoret, Marcello Mastroianni, Emmanuelle Riva, Sandra Milo, and Gina Rovere. The release will be available for purchase on January 20, 2015.
A rare masterpiece and a wonderful example of Italian Cinema starring two European film icons, Simone Signoret and Marcello Mastroianni, Adua e le compagne tells the story of four prostitutes forced to fend for themselves when a new law closes the bordellos of Rome. They pool their savings to open a trattoria, but find they cannot get a license. A prominent fixer with connections obtains the license for them, on the condition that they conduct their old business upstairs and pay him an exorbitant monthly fee. The works of Pietrangeli, one of the most talented members of the Italian neo-realism movement and capable of delivering gems such as Adua and her Friends and The Visitor definitely deserves to be revisited and to be exposed to a larger international audience.
Special Features:
A rare masterpiece and a wonderful example of Italian Cinema starring two European film icons, Simone Signoret and Marcello Mastroianni, Adua e le compagne tells the story of four prostitutes forced to fend for themselves when a new law closes the bordellos of Rome. They pool their savings to open a trattoria, but find they cannot get a license. A prominent fixer with connections obtains the license for them, on the condition that they conduct their old business upstairs and pay him an exorbitant monthly fee. The works of Pietrangeli, one of the most talented members of the Italian neo-realism movement and capable of delivering gems such as Adua and her Friends and The Visitor definitely deserves to be revisited and to be exposed to a larger international audience.
Special Features:
- Introduction by Italian film historian Maurizio Poro
- Episode fromt the film AMORI DI MEZZO SECOLO, entitled "Girandola 1910"
- Director Biography and Filmography
- Photo Gallery
- Fully illustrated booklet including critical analysis of the film
