The Fiances
1963 · Movie · NR · 84 min · ★ 7.6 · 95% critics
A worker takes a promotion that sends him far from home, forcing a separation from his fiancée. In the unfamiliar routines of a new place, distance and loneliness lead both of them to look at their relationship with fresh attention.
Also known as The Engagement
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Details
- Original title
- I fidanzati
- Years
- 1963
- Release date
- 1963-05-16
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (68 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy understated relationship dramas, patient pacing, and true-to-life moods similar to Red Desert or Adua and Her Friends; Not for you if you want a busy plot or big dramatic turns.
Pros: honest everyday emotions; quietly moving romance; rich sense of place | Cons: very slight story; slow pace; emotionally distant for some
Themes
- long distance relationship
Cast & crew
- AC
Anna Canzi
as Liliana
- CC
Carlo Cabrini
as Giovanni
Directed by Ermanno Olmi