Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita
Totò, Peppino e...la dolce vita (a.k.a. Toto, Peppino and the Sweet Life) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci.[2]
| Totò, Peppino e ... la dolce vita | |
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| Directed by | Sergio Corbucci |
| Written by | Steno Lucio Fulci Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi |
| Produced by | Mario Mariani Gianni Buffardi |
| Starring | Totò Peppino De Filippo |
| Cinematography | Alvaro Mancori |
| Edited by | Renato Cinquini |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
Release date | June 1961[1] |
Running time | 87 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
It is a parody of Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, and it was filmed on the same sets.[3]
Plot
Antonio Barbacane is sent by his wealthy grandfather to Rome to influence corrupt politicians to shift the route of a motorway into their small provincial town, and thus increase the land's value. Instead of accomplishing his mission, he indulges in the pleasures of the city. His cousin Peppino, the town's municipal secretary, a moralist and an upright man to the point of ordering the removal of La dolce vita's film posters, is sent there to check on Antonio.
Cast
- Totò: Antonio Barbacane/Grandfather Barbacane
- Peppino De Filippo: Peppino Barbacane
- Mara Berni: Elena, Guglielmo's wife and Oscar's lover
- Francesco Mulè: Guglielmo, a.k.a. Gugo
- Rosalba Neri: Magda, a libertine girl
- Antonio Pierfederici: Count Oscar
- Gloria Paul: Patricia
- Peppino De Martino: Minister in Italian government
- Taina Berjll: Alice
- Daniele Vargas: Daniele Fortebraccio De Pitonis (as Daniele Varcas)
- Mario Castellani: S.p.a. president
- Sergio Corbucci: Man by public telephone with flipping coin
- Giò Stajano: Homosexual man (as Jo Stajano)
References
- Poppi, R; Pecorari, M. (1992). Dizionario del Cinema Italiano Vol. 3. Gremese Editore. Pg.551.
- Alberto Anile. I film di Totò (1946-1967): la maschera tradita. Le mani, 1998.
- Enrico Giacovelli, Enrico Lancia. I film di Peppino De Filippo. Gremese Editore, 1992.
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