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Legendary producer David O. Selznick teamed with Italian neorealist Vittorio De Sica (The Bicycle Thief) to bring audiences this heartfelt romantic drama concerning the pain of lost love and the diffi... read more read more...culty of saying goodbye. When a beautiful but married American woman, Mary Forbes (Jennifer Jones), meets a handsome Italian, Giovanni Doria (Montgomery Clift), while on holiday in Rome, their forbidden affair soon develops into something more for the lovelorn Giovanni. As Mary bids her heartbroken lover farewell at the train station, Giovanni cannot repress his true feelings and begs her to remain with him in Italy. With a script that credits such writers as Truman Capote, Carson McCullers, Paul Gallico, and Alberto Moravia, Indiscretion of an American Wife has endured to become a true buried treasure of romantic cinema. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 12 min.

Directed by: Vittorio De Sica

Release Date: April 2, 1953

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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000

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  • ajv2688
    November 7, 2010
    ajv2688
    Most of the movie is pretty exciting, but it's pretty boring the rest of the time, so it's not that great.
  • jjnxn
    April 27, 2010
    jjnxn
    Muddled pointless drama with an overacting Jones and a curiously blank Clift. Heavily edited film makes little sense and offers no real involvement in it's story as it jumps without much cohesion from one point to another.
  • greenfruit
    August 17, 2009
    greenfruit
    I saw the butchered Americanized version of this film and I still thought it was pretty good. I read some harsh reviews and comments regarding this version but I don't think it's nearly as bad as they make it out to be. I could still sense this was made by a foreign director befo... read morere I was even aware of it. It just had a bit of a more unique feel to it than a Hollywood movie. After seeing this, I'd love to see Vittorio De Sica's original uncut version because it is supposed to be vastly superior. Still, I found this to be intriguing and beautifully shot.
  • periwinklepetticoats
    April 18, 2008
    periwinklepetticoats
    I understand the stage version is better. I liked the drama but was a little slow moving. Jones and Clift were great.
  • wishingprincess
    February 14, 2008
    wishingprincess
    It was mostly disturbing and old fashioned. A woman that cheats on her husband with an abusive man. At the end you are left wondering why you sat through the whole thing.

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Fernando F. Croce
September 25, 2009
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

Bowdlerized or not, the aching pathos of two aging ingénues huddled over a restaurant table and pouring over their mutual fragility remains intact Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
June 19, 2007
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Vacuous melodrama. Full Review

Dan Callahan
January 31, 2005
Dan Callahan, ToxicUniverse.com

Vittorio De Sica's Terminal Station gets a DVD release with it's more widely known cut version, Indiscretion of an American Wife. Full Review

Christopher Null
August 22, 2003
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

I'd be hard-pressed to name two actors with less obvious chemistry together. Full Review

John A. Nesbit
August 22, 2003
John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews

Most striking is the chemistry between the leading actors Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Bosley Crowther
March 25, 2006
Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
July 19, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
May 29, 2007
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

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Geoff Andrew
February 9, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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