The Last Five Minutes Explained

The Last Five Minutes
Director:Giuseppe Amato
Producer:Giuseppe Amato
Music:Alessandro Cicognini
Cinematography:Carlo Montuori
Editing:Eraldo Da Roma
Distributor:Minerva Film
Runtime:89 minutes
Language:Italian

The Last Five Minutes (Italian: Gli ultimi cinque minuti) is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Linda Darnell, Vittorio De Sica and Peppino De Filippo.[1] It is also known by the alternative title of It Happens in Roma.

The film's art direction was by Guido Fiorini.

Plot

In the post-World War II Vittorio De Sica as Carlo Reani is looking for an apartment and finds the perfect one, but Linda Darnell as Renata Adorni is being shown the apartment at the same time. They both decide to obtain it but bump into each other with their realtors and a dispute begins as to who has a right to the apartment as Renata says it is hers as she has sent in a contract. They send their realtors racing to get it and bring their luggage back first, but they return at the same time. However Carlo proposes marriage to Renata and she accepts and they end up getting it together.

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Notes and References

  1. Davis p.145