The Hours of Love is the latest evidence of the low esteem in which Italian moviemakers hold matrimony. Unlike DivorceItalian Style, Marriage Italian Style, and the other changes that have recently been rung in Italy on the dissolubility of marriage, Hours is not trying to be funny so much as ruefully amusing. And it succeeds fairly well, thanks mostly to French Actress Emmanuelle Riva (Hiroshima, Mon Amour) and Ugo Tognazzi, one of Italy's busiest actors.
Gianni (Tognazzi) and Maretta (Riva) are lovers and loving it. They love it so much that they get married and move into his apartment in Rome. "Now...
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