Not only does she make a full recovery, but she brings her three grown sons to live with the nonplused Mastroianni after the wedding. He tries to weasel out of the arrangement, but is mollified by Loren's insistence that all three boys are his sons. Thus, after nearly twenty years' servitude, Loren is at last in a position to call the shots. Marriage Italian Style remains a warm and spicy concoction today, even after years of less expert imitations. The film was based on Filumena Marturano by Eduardo de Filipo.
Numerous scenes stick in the memory many years after one viewing.
The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, production notes, biographies of cast and crew, and English subtitles. For more brain-teasing movies by this phenomenal director. Some people have never known what love is. Once, many young women in Italy married - without ever having experienced love. They died without even knowing of the existence of love.