Pardon, Are You For or Against?

Pardon, Are You For or Against? (Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?)
Directed by	Alberto Sordi
Written by	Alberto Sordi Sergio Amidei Dario Argento
Starring	Alberto Sordi Silvana Mangano
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Benito Frattari
Release dates	1966
Running time	129 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Pardon, Are You For or Against? (Italian: Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi.^[1][2]

The title refers to debates on the issue of divorce, still illegal in Italy at the time of the film's release.

Plot summary

Tullio Conforti is a successful entrepreneur who is opposed to divorce on religious grounds. While claiming to be a role model, and that no other man is more faithful than him, he is de facto separated from his wife and has relations with many women.

Cast

• Alberto Sordi: Tullio Conforti
• Silvana Mangano: Emanuela
• Giulietta Masina: Anna
• Anita Ekberg: Baroness Olga
• Paola Pitagora: Valeria Conforti
• Laura Antonelli: Piera
• Bibi Andersson: Ingrid
• Franca Marzi: Camilla
• Lina Alberti: Celeste
• Tina Aumont: Romina
• Mario Pisu: Baron Renato Santambrogio
• Eugene Walter: Igor
• Mirella Pamphili: Fiorella Conforti
• Maria Cumani Quasimodo: Baroness Cornianu
• Caterina Boratto: Agnese Frustalupi
• Enza Sampò: Interviewer
• Dario Argento: Priest
• Lino Banfi: Pharmaceutical sales representative
• Marco Tulli: Doorman

References

External links

• Pardon, Are You For or Against? at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Alberto Sordi
Fumo di Londra (1966) Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) An Italian in America (1967) Help Me, My Love (1969) Le coppie (1970, segment "La camera") Polvere di stelle (1973) While There's War There's Hope (1974) Il comune senso del pudore (1976) Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978, segment "Le vacanze intelligenti") Catherine and I (1980) I Know That You Know That I Know (1982) Journey with Papa (1982) Il tassinaro (1983) Everybody in Jail (1984) Un tassinaro a New York (1987) Assolto per aver commesso il fatto (1992) Nestore, l'ultima corsa (1994) Incontri proibiti (1998)