Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1961 and the Best
Italian Film of the Year, this is a true classic of Italian cinema. A morality
tale. Can people shake off the past? Will others allow them to? Four prostitutes
abandon their working girl lifestyle after a change in the law closes their
bordello. They open a restaurant. Flourishing, successful and happy they find
that their past comes back to haunt them as they are reported to the police and
forced to consider their old jobs as part of the landlord's tenancy agreement.
Fabulous performances by Simone Signoet (as the eponymous Adua) and Marcello
Mastroianni as the car salesman/hustler/fixer that Adua falls for. The rest of
the cast give great support that adds this to the pantheon of neo-realism
classics. A grim and gritty tale with no Hollywood ending but a series of
personal endings that add up to so much more, Adua e le Compagne is
directed with great style by Antonio Pietrangeli.
- Import DVD
- PAL Region 2
- Biographies and filmographies
- Interview with the film's restorer
- Featurette on print restoration
- Stills gallery
- Trailer
- Colour booklet
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