The title quote is uttered by an hilariously sarcastic police officer as he gazes at a map of Italy and covers Sicily with a hand.
The whole movie, another comedic masterpiece by Pietro Germi after Divorzio all'Italiana, is not so much bittersweet as dripping acid: a ferocious satire if ever there was one, tearing apart a traditional, phoney notion of honor.
A small Sicilian town: young Agnese is pregnant, and her father, "uomo d'onore" Vincenzo Ascalone, craves revenge against her seducer (the boyfriend of Agnese' sister), with a devastating domino effect involving Agnese's idiot brother, a lawyer cousin, a disgraced baron and many others.
Memorable characters, mercilessly funny writing and perfect casting from the leads (Stefania Sandrelli as Agnese and Saro Urzì in a tour-de-force performance as her father) to the smallest roles make this movie a true gem.
9/10
The whole movie, another comedic masterpiece by Pietro Germi after Divorzio all'Italiana, is not so much bittersweet as dripping acid: a ferocious satire if ever there was one, tearing apart a traditional, phoney notion of honor.
A small Sicilian town: young Agnese is pregnant, and her father, "uomo d'onore" Vincenzo Ascalone, craves revenge against her seducer (the boyfriend of Agnese' sister), with a devastating domino effect involving Agnese's idiot brother, a lawyer cousin, a disgraced baron and many others.
Memorable characters, mercilessly funny writing and perfect casting from the leads (Stefania Sandrelli as Agnese and Saro Urzì in a tour-de-force performance as her father) to the smallest roles make this movie a true gem.
9/10