(DIVORZIO ALL’ITALIANA, Pietro Germi, Italy 1961, 105 min., Italian/subtitles)

Down-on-his luck aristocrat Ferdinando (Marcello Mastroianni) has fallen passionately for his teenaged cousin (Stefania Sandrelli), but his plump, mustachioed wife (Daniela Rocca) stands in the way. Since “Sicilian divorce” is an oxymoron, Ferdinando manipulates an increasingly farcical situation where he can dispose of his spouse through a crime of “honor.” “One of the most perfect comedies ever filmed”—A.O. Scott, The New York Times.