I Chose Love

I Chose Love (French: J'ai choisi l'amour, Italian: Ho scelto l'amore) is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Renato Rascel and Marisa Pavan.

Fearful and suspicious of anyone, he has with him a precious "symbol" to be absolutely hidden from the eyes of the curious, a white dove locked in a cage.

During a stop on the train, a gust of wind takes away his hat where he has hidden all his money: he goes down to retrieve it, but his sudden departure separates him from the rest of the delegation.

The hat with the money is recovered by Mario, an aspiring sacristan accompanied by a priest in the convent, who chases it in vain to try to return it: thanks to a ride in the car, he ends up in Venice but finds himself lost and alone.

Having met Marisa, a beautiful flower girl whom he soon falls in love with, he involuntarily frees the dove, symbol of peace in Piazza San Marco, which flies away with the pigeons and seeks help in the party's city headquarters.