The Most Beautiful Wife

The Most Beautiful Wife
The Most Beautiful Wife
Directed by	Damiano Damiani
Written by	Damiano Damiani; Enrico Ribulsi;
Starring	Ornella Muti; ; Tano Cimarosa; ; Joe Sentieri
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Antonio Siciliano
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Release date	12 March 1970;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

La moglie più bella (Italian: The Most Beautiful Wife) is a 1970 Italian film directed by Damiano Damiani, based on the 1965 case of Franca Viola, who challenged the southern Italian custom of kidnapping and raping a prospective bride by refusing to marry her abductor.^[1] It was the debut film for the then 14-year-old Ornella Muti.^[2]^[3]

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^ Flavia Brizio-Skov Popular Italian Cinema: Culture and Politics in a Postwar Society 2011 - Page 232 "Another important film discussing sexual violence against women is Damiano Damiani's The Most Beautiful Wife6 (1970), a socially committed"
^ Gian Piero Brunetta The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its ... -- 2009 Page 229 "La moglie piu bella (The Most Beautiful Wife, 1969), Ornella Muti's debut; "
^ Stephen Gundle Bellissima: Feminine Beauty and the Idea of Italy - 2007 - - Page 194 "As a result, she reflected the opportunities that women now had, as well as the discrimination they faced. In her first film, Damiano Damiani's La moglie più bella (The most beautiful wife) in ."

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