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I Met You in Naples
I Met You in Naples
Directed by	Pietro Francisci
Written by	Riccardo Morbelli; Evelina Levi; John Ford; Pietro Francisci;
Starring	Anna Nievo; Leo Dale; Peppino De Filippo; Claudio Gora;
Cinematography	Augusto Tiezzi
Edited by	Pietro Francisci
Music by	Nuccio Fiorda
Production; company	Edi Film
Release date	20 April 1946;
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

I Met You in Naples (Italian: Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli) is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Anna Nievo, Leo Dale and Peppino De Filippo.^[1] The film takes its name from a popular song of the same title. It is part of the neorealist trend in post-Second World War Italian films.^[2]

Synopsis

An American soldier and a young Italian aspiring actress meet in wartime Naples in 1944. They fall in love and eventually marry. At the end of the film she emigrates to the United States with him, hoping to be able to pursue her career there.

Cast

References

^ Moliterno p.136
^ Cardullo p.217

Bibliography

Cardullo, Bert. André Bazin and Italian Neorealism. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.