Rent Love in the City (1953)

Depressing - Love in the City review by sb

FILM & REVIEW Aka Love in the City - 6 seperate omnibus stories made by 6 different directors including Fellini and Antionio all set in Rome. But don’t let the title fool you - this a much darker tale on the aspect of love. We meet Streetwalkers with their sad lonely lives, people driven to attempt suicide by failed relationships, a very odd marriage bureau where desperate girls will agree to anything to escape poverty and a young abandoned Mother who is so desperate she leaves her child under a tree - hoping the authorities will find him. The only positive story is set in a dance hall where young couples meet and we overhear smatterings of their conversation but within the context of the film it’s implied that love on a Saturday night will lead to misery afterwards. It’s a key film in Italian realist cinema but not exactly designed to cheer you up….so worth watching if more than a little depressing - 3.5/5