ROBERTO ROSSELLINI
Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.
Original title: Viaggio In Italia
Alternate title: Voyage In Italy
Italy/France, 1954. Italia Film, Junior Film, Sveva Film, Société Générale de Cinématographie. Story and screenplay by Vitaliano Brancati, Roberto Rossellini, based on the novel Duo by Colette. Cinematography by Enzo Serafin. Produced by Adolfo Fossataro. Music by Renzo Rossellini. Production Design by Piero Filippone. Costume Design by Fernanda Gattinoni. Film Editing by Jolanda Benvenuti.
Married couple Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders have come to the decision to split up, but before doing so take a trip to Naples in order to settle a family estate that he has inherited from a late uncle. While there, they experience a whole dollop of zesty Italian life thanks to the socialites around them, and before they know it, their passion for each other is threatening to be rekindled. Bergman is lovely, Sanders is charismatic, but I prefer them both in many other films. This was one of the European projects that Bergman worked on during her time of exile from the United States.
