This film is very much a docudrama which portrays the difficulties of Italian life circa 1963 due to the absence of a divorce law. Five scenarios with different actors portray realistic situations where divorce is clearly warranted but, because marriage was strictly in the purview of the Catholic Church at that time, which strictly forbade divorce, these people are shown to suffer the consequences in their daily lives. Italy got its first civilian divorce law in 1970.

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Cast

Ugo Tognazzi

Vasco Timballo

Annie Girardot

Margherita

Romolo Valli

Francesco

Didi Perego

Caterina Rinaldi

Scilla Gabel

Wilma

Gabriella Giorgelli

Livia

Giuseppe Lo Presti

Enzo Robutti

Luigi Scavran

Franca Lumachi

Marina Malfatti

Rosanna