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The Pizza Triangle

The Pizza Triangle (Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca))

Movie · 1970 · 13 people

The Pizza Triangle, originally Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca) ("Drama of Jealousy: All the Details in the News"), is a 1970 Italian-Spanish co-production directed by Ettore Scola. It is a love-triangle comedy with melodramatic and darkly humorous undertones, running about 105 minutes. Internationally it has also circulated as Jealousy, Italian Style and A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things), and it was shown as Eifersucht auf italienisch in Germany, Drame de la jalousie in France and Ciúme à Italiana in Brazil.

Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti and Giancarlo Giannini share the lead roles. The cast also includes Marisa Merlini, Bruno Scipioni, Giuseppe Maffioli, Corrado Gaipa, Brizio Montinaro and Nerina Montagnani. Because of the Spanish co-production, the Spanish actors Manuel Zarzo and Juan Diego were dubbed into Italian. Filming took place in Rome and Madrid.

Scola wrote the screenplay with the celebrated writing duo Age & Scarpelli (Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli). For his role Mastroianni won the Best Actor prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.

DirectorEttore Scola

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Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni Actor · died at 72 Juan Diego Juan Diego Film actor · died at 79 Monica Vitti Giancarlo Giannini Marisa Merlini Giuseppe Maffioli Corrado Gaipa Manuel Zarzo Fernando Sánchez Polack Bruno Scipioni Brizio Montinaro Josefina Serratosa Nerina Montagnani

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Scola wrote the film with the celebrated duo Age & Scarpelli, and the partnership shows throughout: a comedy that plays with the conventions of love-triangle melodrama, its edges sharpened with dark humour. The phrase all the details in the news in the original title suggests an ironic frame that brings the jealousy story close to the language of a tabloid crime report. Mastroianni winning Best Actor at Cannes for the role suggests the film's centre of gravity lies with him. My reservation concerns the shifts in tone: a narrative swinging between melodrama and dark comedy does not win every viewer over with the same ease, and at moments it is unclear whether the parody or the real pain is meant to be taken seriously. Dubbing the Spanish actors into Italian is also a small wrinkle typical of co-productions of the period.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The original title, Drama of Jealousy: All the Details in the News, is in my view a social observation in itself: private heartbreak turned into a story in the crime pages for everyone to consume. The love triangle appears here not only as a personal tragedy but as an object of public curiosity. The fact that the film travelled abroad under names like Jealousy, Italian Style shows jealousy being marketed almost as a national trait, a cliché that looks debatable today. A narrative that makes jealousy both ridiculous and pitiful also holds up a mirror to expectations built on fidelity and masculinity.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

With pizza in its English title you might expect a light family comedy, but it isn't one. There is a love triangle, jealousy and dark humour, and heavy melodramatic moments as well. It is not a suitable pick for young children, and teenagers may not take to the subject either. It is a better choice for adults who enjoy older Italian cinema.

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