We pay homage to the Italian actress Sandra Milo, who passed away at the end of January at the age of ninety, through her best films, from Il Generale della Rovere to 8 ½
Sandra Milo was one of the last great divas of Italian cinema. She is especially active ingolden era of our cinema, between the end of the 50s and the 60s, took part in around seventy films in an almost seventy-year career, which lasted from the post-war period to the present day. Let’s see together, after his death at the end of January, some titles that you cannot fail to have seen, films that they made her famous and made her loved by the general public.
1. The General of the Oak (1959) | The best films of Sandra Milo
Directed by Roberto Rossellini and written by Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli, and based on a story by the latter, is one of the reference films in the history of Italian cinema, both for its artistic character and for its theme, centered on the resistance to Nazi-fascism. The protagonist (a con man forced to pretend to be a general) is extraordinary Vittorio De Sica and Sandra Milo, at the dawn of her career, plays Olga, one of the women deceived by Bardone in his countless scams. A small but extremely important part, which brought the actress international prominence.
2. 8 1/2 (1963) | The best films of Sandra Milo
Federico Fellini’s masterpiece is, undoubtedly, among Sandra Milo’s best films. We could almost define it as themaximum expression of his filmography, as well as one of the artistic peaks of the Rimini director. The international success that the film achieved with audiences and critics is completely undoubted. Garlic Oscar it obtained the statuette as best foreign film, and it was certainly the consecration of Sandra Milo to an image of “inspiring muse” of one of the greatest directors of our cinema and world cinema.
3. The Visit (1963) | The best films of Sandra Milo
In the same year in which he established himself on the international stage, he played one of his most memorable roles in Antonio Pietrangeli’s film, The Visit, with which he obtained his third nomination at the Silver ribbons. You play the role of the naive and attractive Pina, who meets Adolfo, previously known through correspondence and with whom she intends to marry. The film is a bittersweet portraitfull of melancholy, of two solitary souls, not entirely “crystalline”, and a cross-section of the rural province of Italy crossed by the Po.
4. Juliet of the Spirits (1965) | The best films of Sandra Milo
Once again Fellini, once again a work that crosses international borders, reaching the Golden Globe, where it won the prestigious award for best foreign film. The story is that of Juliet, a fulfilled and fulfilled woman, who spends her summer in a luxurious villa in Fregene, hosting upper-class personalities and holding séances. She goes into an existential crisis when she discovers that her husband may be cheating and ruminates on his life and oppressive Catholic education. Sandra Milo, who acts as co-protagonist, plays three female figures who represent a sort of nemesis and stream of consciousness for the restless Juliet.
5. The Umbrella (1965) | The best films of Sandra Milo
The story takes place in the summer, on the Riccione coast, where a husband (Enrico Maria Salerno) joins his bored wife (Sandra Milo), to spend the mid-August bridge. The film, one of the most brilliant by the master of comedy Dino Risi, despite being misunderstood and underrated at the time, is a melancholy and funny account of the marital crisis of the average Italian coupleand also a small cross-section of our country, through the varied gallery of characters that revolve around the two protagonists.
Conclusions
These are some of the most significant films in the career of Sanda Milo, one of the last divas who was a dream for Italian cinema. A cinema from other times which however recalls ephemeral but intense memories.
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