Stazione Termini (1953) torrent

Quando a Mulher Erra Stazione Termini (1953)

Vittorio De Sica

Language: English, Italian

Subtitles: Portuguese, Spanish

Also Known As:
Indiscretion (UK)
Indiscretion of an American Wife (USA)
Station Terminus (International: English title)
Terminal Station
Terminal Station Indiscretion (International: English title)
Terminus Station (International: English title)



Co-produção do famoso David O. Selznick e do diretor Vittorio de Sica. A história é sobre Jennifer Jones, a esposa americana que vai à Roma passar um feriado. Montgomery Clift é seu amante italiano. Ela tenta dizer adeus na Estação Central de trem e ele implora para que ela fique. O amor levado às últimas conseqüências, chegando ao limite da degradação humana.



The concept of "Stazione Termini" has always been highly appealing to me. In the mode of "Brief Encounter," which director David Lean brought successfully to the screen earlier, "Stazione" potentially offers the same rewards.

The combination of director Vittorio De Sica and writer Cesare Zavattini was natural. Likewise, the pairing of Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones was intriguing.

Yet, the efforts of all these great talents failed to produce the monumental work expected. What went wrong?

The contribution of David O. Selznick, while thoroughly professional as always, may have strangely thrown off the delicate balance.

This was very much an Italian work. The American actors were portraying characters who were essentially visitors to a foreign land--guests and tourists operating within the cultural discretion of their Roman hosts. Where these characters failed to completely understand and operate with respect to the Italian sensibility and heritage, so Mr. Selznick may likewise have inadvertently intruded upon the proceedings by introducing his own distinctive American values and approaches to filmmaking.

In short, Selnick and De Sica did not mix well here. To this viewer, the production would have been much more viable had Selnick remained more in the background, allowing the proven creativity of the De Sica team to work its own magic.

Likewise, a more distinctive score could have made a considerable difference. While the music was most appropriate, it did not make a truly "classic" statement. Finally, the unfortunate editing paired the film down to so short a duration that the drama simply lacked the time to make a moving impression. "Stazione" seems as much a mood as character piece, and De Sica required footage to accomplish this.

Despite these shortcomings, "Stazione Termini" contains beautifully modulated performances by Clift and Jones, as the sad lovers who must part and go their separate ways. De Sica's direction is sensitive and compassionate, and the film remains a poignant moment in the lives of two lonely people clinging to one final opportunity to express forbidden love.