The Priest's Wife

Sophia Loren is depressed Valeria, of Padua, who has learned that her lover of four years was married, now in her bedroom at her parents’ home, calling the help line and reaching co-star Marcello Mastroianni, as priest Don Mario, early in The Priest’s Wife, produced by Loren’s husband Carlo Ponti.

Director Dino Risi digs into the scenery of Padua, Italy and producer Carlo Ponti indulges the fury of his wife, Sophia Loren, who for reasons we can guess finds and pursues Venantino Venantini, opening The Priest’s Wife, 1971, the eighth film starring Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.

Don Mario (Marcello Mastroianni), who met Valeria on the suicide help line after her married lover dropped her, is now managing her enthusiastic efforts to get to know him better, visiting his favorite Padua restaurant, run by Vittoria Crispo, in The Priest’s Wife, 1971, produced by Carlo Ponti.