Rivalry (Italian: Rivalità, also known as Medico condotto) is a 1953 Italian melodrama film. Written, produced and overseen by Roberto Rossellini, it marked the directorial debut of Giuliano Biagetti.[1][2][3] The film was shot and set in Castiglione della Pescaia.[4]

Rivalry
Directed byGiuliano Biagetti
Written byRoberto Rossellini
Antonio Pietrangeli
CinematographyAugusto Tiezzi
Music byRoman Vlad
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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The film is attributable to the trend of sentimental melodramas, commonly called tearjerking, at the time very popular among the Italian public, although frowned upon by contemporary film critics (who only in the seventies revalued these films, specifically coining the term neorealism of appendix).

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References

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  1. ^ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  3. ^ "Rivalità". Segnalazioni Cinematografiche. Vol. XXXIV, 1953.
  4. ^ en.g. (2014-02-05). ""Rivalità" film di Biagetti girato nel 1952". Il Tirreno. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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