| The Wayward Wife | |
| Director: | Mario Soldati |
| Producer: | Attilio Riccio Antonio Altoviti |
| Starring: | Gina Lollobrigida |
| Music: | Franco Mannino |
| Cinematography: | Aldo Graziati Domenico Scala |
| Editing: | Leo Cattozzo |
| Runtime: | 114 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
The Wayward Wife (Italian: '''La provinciale''') is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.[1] 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."[2]