At War for Love
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At War for Love

7.3 / 10 2016 1h 39mNR Italian
WarDramaComedyRomance

Storyline

It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, Arturo needs to get permission from her father, who lives in a village in Sicily. Arturo doesn't have any money, so the only way he can get to Sicily is to enlist in the U.S. Army, which is preparing for a landing on the island.

Cast & Crew

Pif

Pif

Arturo

Lead
Miriam Leone

Miriam Leone

Flora

Andrea Di Stefano

Andrea Di Stefano

Tenente Philip Catelli

Stella Egitto

Stella Egitto

Teresa

David Mitchum Brown

David Mitchum Brown

Franklin Roosevelt

Maurizio Marchetti

Maurizio Marchetti

Don Calò

Sergio Vespertino

Sergio Vespertino

Saro

Maurizio Bologna

Maurizio Bologna

Mimmo

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pif's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. At War for Love is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker