Two Cents Worth of Hope
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Two Cents Worth of Hope (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.
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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
- Filomena Russo - Antonio's Mother
- Luigi Astarita - Pasquale Artu
- Luigi Barone - The priest
- Carmela Cirillo - Giulia
- Felicità Lettieri - Signora Artu
- Gina Mascetti - Flora Angelini
- Alfonso Del Sorbo - Sacrestano
- Tommaso Balzamo - Luigi Bellomo
- Anna Raiola - Signora Bellomo
- Gioacchino Morrone
- Luigi Cutino
- Pasqualina Izza
- Antonio Balzamo
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