After a series of misunderstandings and other unfortunate incidents, the honeymoon of two young couples ends sooner than planned. Back at their starting point, the ensuing conflict leads to one of the couples separating. Salvatore, who moves away, is hit in the street by a car and loses his memory: he has lost his memories of his friends and family - until he meets his wife Marisa, in which he falls in love again ...
Acting
Salvatori's physical comedy during amnesia scenes is genuinely delightful.
Direction
Risi's proto-commedia all'ital timing before he went darker.
Director
Dino Risi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This sits awkwardly between neorealism's poverty obsession and the coming commedia all'italiana boom—Risi literally made 'Il Sorpasso' four years later and never looked back this light.
Sylva Koscina was fresh off 'Hercules' (1958) and reportedly hated this role; she and De Luca allegedly didn't speak off-camera, which makes their on-screen friendship impressively professional.
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