Liolà (film)

Liolà (Italian pronunciation: [ljoˈla]) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It is based on Liolà, a comedy play by Luigi Pirandello.[1]

Liolà
Directed byAlessandro Blasetti
Produced byNino Crisman
Written byLuigi Pirandello (play), Alessandro Blasetti, Sergio Amidei, Adriano Bolzoni, Elio Bartolini
StarringUgo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Pierre Brasseur
Music byCarlo Savina
CinematographyLeonida Barboni
Tonino Delli Colli
Carlo Di Palma
Release date
1963
Running time
102 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The film was released as A Very Handy Man in the U.S. in 1966.[2]

Plot summary

In Sicily at the end of the 1800s, the rich Zia Croce has a large profitably farm which he controls together with his cousin Zio Simone, who is married to the young Mita, which fails to give him a son, who in the future Zio Simone will inherit all the fruits and vegetables that produces the farm. On stage comes the young Liolà which is surprised to see Mita married to Zio Simone, because previously he had an affair with her. Tuzza, daughter of Zia Croce, discovers that Liolà intends to renew a relationship with Mita and so she seduces him, making herself pregnant. When the incident is discovered a commotion's going on and so Liolà, combining other trouble, gets pregnant Mita also, resumed after a relaizone love. Finally Zio Simone believes that his wife had given birth to a child who would donate their possessions in future; but the reality is suddenly discovered.

Cast

References
  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  2. "A Very Handy Man". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.


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