In guerra per amore

Oct 27 2016 N/A 1h 39m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, Arturo needs to get permission from her father, who lives in a village in Sicily. Arturo doesn't have any money, so the only way he can get to Sicily is to enlist in the U.S. Army, which is preparing for a landing on the island.

Plot

A love story set in July '43 when Allied forces landed in Sicily. Arturo loves Flora, daughter of a restaurant owner, but she has been promised in marriage to a Mafia boss. Arturo decides to join the Allied forces and return to Sicily, which he had left in search of fortune in America. In the background a clever narrative of how relations between Allies and the Mafia during World War II shaped the fate of Sicily in years to come.

Written by

Pif, Michele Astori, Marco Martani

Directed by

Pif

Cast

Pif, Andrea Di Stefano, Miriam Leone

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

RAI, Regione Lazio, MiBAC, Wildside

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

3 wins & 9 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,428
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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