Two Cents Worth of Hope

Two Cents Worth of Hope (Italian: 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).

Two Cents Worth of Hope
(Due Soldi di Speranza)
Directed byRenato Castellani
Written byRenato Castellani
Titina De Filippo
Produced bySandro Ghenzi
StarringMaria Fiore
Vincenzo Musolino
CinematographyArturo Gallea
Music byAlessandro Cicognini
Nino Rota[1]
Distributed byLes Films Marceau (France)
Times Film Corporation (United States)
Release date
1952
Running time
110 min.
CountryItaly
LanguagesNeapolitan[2]
Italian

It shared the Grand Prix prize with Othello at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[3] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[4]

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

References
  1. Nino Rota: Filmography, Ninorota.com, Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. Balaban, Betul. "COMEDY AND POVERTY: RENATO CASTELLANI'S DUE SOLDI DI SPERANZA". Academia.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Two Cents Worth of Hope". Festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  4. "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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