Pietro Germi’s Divorce Italian Style is an ingenious and wickedly entertaining satire that deftly skewers Sicilian traditions, Catholic morality, and the absurdities of rigid social codes. A film that not only won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay but also gave birth to an entire genre—commedia all’italiana—this masterpiece remains one of Italy’s sharpest and most delightfully cynical cinematic achievements.
At its center is Marcello Mastroianni, who delivers one of his most iconic performances as Baron Ferdinando “Fefè” Cefalù, a…
