The Wayward Wife (Italian: La provinciale) is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.[1] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[2]

The Wayward Wife
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Directed byMario Soldati
Written byAlberto Moravia
Giorgio Bassani
Sandro De Feo
Jean Ferry
Mario Soldati
Produced byAttilio Riccio
Antonio Altoviti
StarringGina Lollobrigida
CinematographyAldo Graziati
Domenico Scala
Edited byLeo Cattozzo
Music byFranco Mannino
Release date
  • 18 February 1953 (1953-02-18)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Wayward Wife". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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