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Outlaws of Love

Outlaws of Love

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 3, 1963

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

I fuorilegge del matrimonio

Production Companies

Ager Cinematografica, D'Errico Film

Director

Paolo Taviani

Description

This film is very much a docudrama which portrays the difficulties of Italian life circa 1963 due to the absence of a divorce law. Five scenarios with different actors portray realistic situations where divorce is clearly warranted but, because marriage was strictly in the purview of the Catholic Church at that time, which strictly forbade divorce, these people are shown to suffer the consequences in their daily lives. Italy got its first civilian divorce law in 1970.