L'amore nasce a Roma

L'amore nasce a Roma
L'amore nasce a Roma
Directed by	Mario Amendola
Written by	Mario Amendola ; Ruggero Maccari
Produced by	Enzo Merolle
Starring	Claudio Villa; Antonio Cifariello; Valeria Moriconi
Cinematography	Bitto Albertini
Music by	Ovidio Sarra
Release date	1958;
Language	Italian

L'amore nasce a Roma (i.e. "Love was born in Rome") is a 1958 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Amendola and starring Claudio Villa, Antonio Cifariello, Rossella Como and Valeria Moriconi.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Lello, a painter, and Mario, a singer, move to Rome looking for fortune and success, their native country village far behind them. Expressing little in the way of artistic sophistication, their initial experiences are discouraging. They end up meeting Doretta and Silvia, two gracious flower stand sellers in Piazza di Spagna, and they immediately hit it off romantically. Doretta falls for Lello, and Silvia for Mario, and together they do what they can to help out their new love interests navigate the city's many challenges. One day it is revealed that Lello actually is a talented singer, so that the painter transforms into "the singer". Feeling slighted, Mario, out of sheer spite, takes Lello's brushes and proceeds to make his own paintings, which immediately attract interested buyers. With this apparent role reversal, the two women come to realize that their own interests have switched accordingly, with Doretta falling for Mario and Silvia realizing that Lello is the man of her dreams. Just like a fairy tale, everyone lives happily ever....

Cast

Antonio Cifariello as Mario
Claudio Villa as Lello
Valeria Moriconi as Silvia
Rossella Como as Doretta
Nadia Marlowa as Mariella
Carlo Campanini as Sor Cesare
Alberto Sorrentino as Rubino
Mario Carotenuto as The Pool Player
Ivy Holzer [it] as Doorkeeper's daughter
Gino Buzzanca as Mario's father
Ciccio Barbi as Lello's father
Loris Gizzi as Mr. Connolly
Nino Milano [it] as Mr. Leoni
Ignazio Leone as Mr. Carli

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.