Two Cents Worth of Hope

Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due Soldi di Speranza)

Directed by	Renato Castellani
Written by	Renato Castellani Titina De Filippo
Produced by	Sandro Ghenzi
Starring	Maria Fiore Vincenzo Musolino
Cinematography	Arturo Gallea
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini Nino Rota^[1]
Distributed by	(France) (United States)
Release date	1952
Running time	110 min.
Country	Italy
Languages	Neapolitan^[2] Italian

Two Cents Worth of Hope (Italian: Due soldi di speranza) is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani. It is the third part of Castellani's Young Love trilogy, following Sotto il sole di Roma (1948) and È primavera...(1950).

It shared the Grand Prix prize with Othello at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Plot[]

The story concerns the romance between Carmela (Fiore) and Antonio (Musolino). The ardor is one-sided at first, but Carmela is a determined young woman, willing to scale and conquer any obstacle in pursuing her heart's desire. Once he's "hooked," Antonio scurries from job to job to prove his financial viability. Faced with the hostility of their parents, Carmela and Antonio symbolically shed themselves of all responsibilities to others in a climactic act of stark-naked bravado.

Cast[]

Maria Fiore - Carmela
Vincenzo Musolino - Antonio
- Antonio's Mother
- Pasquale Artu
- The priest
- Giulia
- Signora Artu
- Flora Angelini
- Sacrestano
- Luigi Bellomo
- Signora Bellomo

References[]

^ Nino Rota: Filmography, Ninorota.com, Retrieved 30 June 2012.
^ Balaban, Betul. "COMEDY AND POVERTY: RENATO CASTELLANI'S DUE SOLDI DI SPERANZA". Academia.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Two Cents Worth of Hope". Festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-17.

External links[]

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