A sheep rancher (Anthony Quinn) goes to Italy to marry his dead wife's sister (Anna Magnani), then brings... (Learn more)
Starring: Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa (View All)
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Starring: Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa
Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose Tattoo (1955). Whereas in Tattoo, Anna Magnani played a widow who could never find a man to measure up to her late husband, in Wind her character, Giola, marries widowed rancher Gino (Anthony Quinn), who is haunted by the memory of his first spouse. The situation is dicier in Wind, since Italian immigrant Gino's deceased wife was Giola's sister. Eventually tiring of her husband's mood swings, Giola turns to his son, Bene (Anthony Franciosa), for emotional and sexual gratification. A Hollywood approximation of the Italian neorealist school of filmmaking, Wild Is the Wind was based on Furia, a story by Vittorio Nino Novarese. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
11/30/57
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
114 mins.
Locations
- Nevada, USA
Language
- English
- Italian
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 1957 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1957 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress award at the 1958 Berlin International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Song award at the 1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
