Wild Is the Wind (1957)

Wild Is the Wind (1957) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Posters
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Cukor

Written By:
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Arnold Schulman

Actors:
Anna Magnani ..... Gioia
Anthony Quinn ..... Gino
Anthony Franciosa ..... Bene
Joseph Calleia ..... Alberto
Dolores Hart ..... Angela 'Angie'
Lili Valenty ..... Teresa
James Flavin ..... Wool Buyer
Dick Ryan ..... Priest
Iphigenie Castiglioni ..... Party Guest
Joseph Vitale ..... Party Guest
Ruth Lee ..... Party Guest
Frances Morris ..... Party Guest
Highland Dale ..... Thoroughbred horse

Synopsis:

Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose Tattoo (1955). Whereas in Tattoo, Anna Magnani played a widow who could never find a man to measure up to her late husband, in Wind her character, Giola, marries widowed rancher Gino (Anthony Quinn), who is haunted by the memory of his first spouse. The situation is dicier in Wind, since Italian immigrant Gino's deceased wife was Giola's sister. Eventually tiring of her husband's mood swings, Giola turns to his son, Bene (Anthony Franciosa), for emotional and sexual gratification. A Hollywood approximation of the Italian neorealist school of filmmaking, Wild Is the Wind was based on {-Furia}, a story by Vittorio Nino Novarese.

Gioia (Anna Magnani) leaves Italy for a ranch in Nevada, where she makes a new life with husband Gino (Anthony Quinn), her sister's widower. Gioia and Gino quickly find themselves at odds over her use of Italian and his treatment of animals. When it becomes clear that Gino still pines for his late wife, Gioia begins an affair with ranch hand Bene (Anthony Franciosa). Gino finds out and plans to send Gioia back to Italy, as his brother tries to make Gino think twice about his rash decision.

An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife but when he neglects her, she becomes involved with his trusted assistant. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 18 January, 2019.

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