Scandal in Sorrento

1955 [ITALIAN]

Action / Comedy / Romance

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50%
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 2698 2.7K

Plot summary

Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.

Director

Dino Risi Photo
Dino Risi

Top cast

Sophia Loren Photo
Sophia Loren as Sofia Cocozza - 'a Smargiassa'
Vittorio De Sica Photo
Vittorio De Sica as Comandante Carotenuto
Tina Pica Photo
Tina Pica as Caramella
Gaetano Autiero Photo
Gaetano Autiero as Titino
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857.17 MB
1280*544
Italian 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 2
1.55 GB
1920*816
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it   ar   cz   dk   de   gr   us   es   fi   fr   il   hr   hu   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   tr  
25 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Scandal in Sorrento

With a uniform for just about every occasion, "Carotenuto" (Vittorio De Sica) returns to his home town of Sorrento to take over the local, if rarely busy, police force. It's hardly a suitable job for a man of his standing (or with his many medals and feathers) and his new situation doesn't get any more suitable when he discovers that his home is occupied by local fishmonger "Sofia" (Sophia Loren)! He likes her, indeed he becomes quite infatuated with her, so he doesn't evict her immediately but rather moves in to lodge with the more traditional "Violante" (Lea Padovani) who quickly takes a shine to he dapper visitor. All the while, "Sofia" is having a lively relationship with "Nicolino" (Antonio Cifariello) but she's a bit of a tease, wanting him to aspire to something more than just being a traffic cop, so she mischievously flirts with "Carotenuto" and even agrees to his proposal. What is going to come of it all? De Sica and Loren make for a pretty much perfect combination in this light-hearted comedy. It's one that would probably really only scandalise some nuns in a monastery somewhere, or perhaps amongst even a few of the Trappists that our plumed gent considers joining as his phalanx of amorous admirers begins to accumulate! For the rest of us, it's really just an excuse for us to watch these stars get up to some mischief; for some fine pieces of classical piano to emanate now and again and for us to sit back and enjoy a slightly more sophisticated seaside romantic romp. It is a bit long, but when it is in it's zone, it provides for a flighty and engaging look at love amongst the aged/ages and Loren glides through it all, even when carrying fish, effortlessly.
Reviewed by Jeremy_Urquhart 6 / 10

A Serviceable Scandal

I don't know, this Sorrento scandal seemed pretty mild to me. There's a small town and Sophia Loren is in the town and so more than one person wants to be with Sophia Loren and there are some sort of comedic moments and then it kind of ends.It gets by because Loren had star power, and because it's a colorful film that makes good use of its seaside setting. I guess to some extent, I appreciated how drama-free it was, with little sentimentality or forced tension/conflict later in the film. It really just felt like it was trying to be a fairly gentle comedy about some love-related chaos, and a little escapism as a result.It's not essential and probably won't be memorable in time (to me), but it felt like it did what it wanted to do. Scandal in Sorrento isn't really ambitious at all, from what I can tell, but it does succeed at being decent. That's more than can be said for some movies, and I do also want to go a tiny bit easier on this one because of its age.
Reviewed by valentina555 6 / 10

Eh

Aesthetically pleasing, kind of boring. Sophia and her boyfriend have issues haha.
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