
Frisky
1954


“Never have the beauties of Italy been so magnificently revealed!”
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Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
Director
Dino RisiStatus
Released
Original Language
Italian
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With a uniform for just about every occasion, “Carotenuto” (Vittorio De Sica) returns to his home town of Sorrento to take over the local, if rarely busy, police force. It’s hardly a suitable job for a man of his standing (or with his many medals and feathers) and his new situation doesn’t get any more suitable when he discovers that his home is occupied by local fishmonger “Sofia” (Sophia Loren)! He likes her, indeed he becomes quite infatuated with her, so he doesn’t evict her immediately but rather moves in to lodge with the more traditional “Violante” (Lea Padovani) who quickly takes a shi…
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