Film Club: "Marty"

Director: Delbert Mann Rated: NR Runtime: 90 minutes

Slice-of-life Bronx tale about a shy and lonely butcher looking for love, and possibly finding it with a not-too-glamorous and equally shy schoolteacher. A Best Picture winner.

This acclaimed romantic drama follows the life of Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine), a stout bachelor butcher who lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti) in the Bronx. Always unlucky in love, Marty reluctantly goes out to a ballroom one night and meets a nice teacher named Clara (Betsy Blair). Though Marty and Clara hit it off, his relatives discourage him from pursuing the relationship, and he must decide between his family’s approval or a shot at finding romance.