Wild Is the Wind (1957)
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Cukor
Synopsis of Wild Is the Wind
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Wild Is the Wind
- Anna Magnani - Giola
- Anthony Franciosa - Bene
- Joseph Calleia - Alberto
- James Flavin - Wool Buyer
- Dick Ryan - Priest
- Joseph Vitale - Party Guest
- Anthony Quinn - Gino
- Dolores Hart - Angie
- Lili Valenty - Teresa
- Frances Morris - Party Guest
- Iphigenie Castiglioni - Party Guest
- Director(s):
- George Cukor
- Writer(s):
- Arnold Schulman
- Producer(s):
- Hal B. Wallis
- 1958 - Berlin International Film Festival - Silver Bear for Best Actress
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