Charming domestic comedy/drama about a girl without any religious convictions who has married into a very Catholic Italian family. The picture begins as Holliday is in her last month of pregnancy by husband Conte, a writer with no money. Based on a novel by Italian John Fante, this story
probably contains a good dose of reality. When Holliday falls through the floor of her termite-ridden kitchen, Conte's father, Metropolitan Opera basso Baccaloni, a carpenter, will fix the floor. That done, he proceeds to build them a huge and totally unnecessary fireplace, complaining all the
while about the fact that Conte and Holliday seem to be on a path of planned parenthood, ...
Released:
1956
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins