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Le mogli e le arance

Le mogli e le arance

Genres

Comedy

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Le mogli e le arance is characterized by a wonderful sereneness. It is the kind of quietude which many of us connect immediately with the south. Everything seems to be in its perfect place, and time is just passing. In the setting of a sanatorium a nobleman is practicing idleness and slow-motion mind games. Does it sound boring? Yes, it does. But it is not, the uneventfulness is definitively enthralling. The film director tries to narrate time, time itself, as such, for its own sake: a rare experiment.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

74 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 October 1917

Country

Italy

Cast

Luigi Serventi

Luigi Serventi

Myra Terribili

Myra Terribili

Paolo Wullmann

Paolo Wullmann

Alberto Pasquali

Alberto Pasquali

Rina Maggi

Rina Maggi

Stella Blu

Stella Blu

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