L'Amore (film)
| L'Amore | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roberto Rossellini |
| Produced by | Roberto Rossellini |
| Written by | Roberto Rossellini Federico Fellini Jean Cocteau |
| Starring |
Anna Magnani Federico Fellini |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
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Production
company |
Finecinema
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| Distributed by | Joseph Burstyn (US) |
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Release date
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August 1948 (Venice Film Festival) February 1950 (US) |
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Running time
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70 minutes |
L'Amore (1948) is an Italian anthology film directed by Roberto Rossellini starring Anna Magnani and Federico Fellini.
The film opened to considerable controversy in the United States, which led to a lengthy legal dispute, Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, that ended up in the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled in 1952 that film as a form of expression was protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
In the United States the film was first exhibited in New York City in November 1950. In December, The Ways of Love was voted the best foreign language film of 1950 by the New York Film Critics Circle. The film was condemned by the National Legion of Decency in 1951 and became a catalyst for a Supreme Court decision on censorship and First Amendment freedom of speech issues.
The film has two parts: "Il Miracolo" ("The Miracle") and "Una Voce Umana" ("The Human Voice"). The latter is based on a French play The Human Voice (La Voix humaine, 1930) by Jean Cocteau. Rossellini and Fellini co-wrote "Il Miracolo", and Rossellini adapted Cocteau's play. Magnani appears in both segments.
The film was first exhibited in Europe in 1948, starting in Italy. Magnani was awarded the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) in 1949 for best actress for her performance in the film.
In 1950, "The Miracle" was removed from L'Amore for international distribution and placed in another three-part anthology film The Ways of Love, which featured two other short films, Jean Renoir's "A Day in the Country" (1936) and Marcel Pagnol's "Jofroi" (1933).
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