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 |
| Produced by | Mario Mariani Gianni Buffardi |
| Written by | Steno Lucio Fulci Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi |
| Starring | Totò Peppino De Filippo |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Cinematography | Alvaro Mancori |
| Edited by | Renato Cinquini |
| 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 in the same sets.[3]
Plot
Antonio Barbacane is sent by his wealthy grandfather to Rome for trying to corrupt politicians to shift the route of a motorway on their town so to increase the land values. He, instead of accomplishing his mission, indulges in the pleasures of the city. his cousin Peppino, the municipal secretary of the town, a moralist and upright man to the point to remove the posters of the film La dolce vita, is sent there to control the Barbicane's work.
Cast
- Totò: Antonio Barbacane / Grandfather Barbacane
- Peppino De Filippo: Peppino Barbacane
- Mara Berni: Elena, Guglielmo's wife and Oscar lover
- Francesco Mulè: Guglielmo, a.k.a. Guco
- Rosalba Neri: Magda libertine girl
- Antonio Pierfederici: Count Oscar
- Gloria Paul: Patricia
- Peppino De Martino: Minister in Italian government
- Taina Berjll: Alicia
- Daniele Vargas: Daniele Fortebraccio De Pitonis (as Daniele Varcas)
- Mario Castellani: S.p.a. president
- Sergio Corbucci : man to public telephone with token
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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