Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy (1980)

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Country: Italy
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1980-03-01
Director: Salvatore Piscicelli
Writers: Salvatore Piscicelli , Carla Apuzzo
Language: Italian
Stars: Ida Di Benedetto , Marcella Michelangeli , Tommaso Bianco , Lucio Allocca , Lucia Ragni , Biancamaria Mastrominico , Nina De Padova , Linda Moretti , Cetty Sommella , Marcello Colasurdo
Runtime: 94 min
Awards: 3 wins
AKA: Immacolata et Concetta (Canada) , Duas Mulheres Apaixonadas (Imacolada e Conceição) (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Immacolata e Concetta, l'altra gelosia , Dyo erotevmenes gynaikes (Greece) , Immacolata e Concetta, l'altra gelosia (Italy) , De liefde tussen Immacolata en Concetta (Netherlands the) , Immacolata et Concetta (France, French Republic) , Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy
Plot: This is an uneven presentation of the tragedies plaguing the lives of two women from the lower economic strata in Naples. Immacolata is married, is bisexual, and runs a butcher shop that is not bringing in much money. Concetta is a lesbian, doing manual labor and now serving time for taking a potshot at her lover's husband. Immacolata has also been put in jail for guiding a young woman into prostitution. Immacolata and Concetta develop an intensely passionate relationship in prison and after being released, they defy Immacolata's husband and society's scorn by moving in together. But external threats are not as destructive, in the end, as internal contradictions.
IMDB:tt0128265