The Sensual Man
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| Directed by | Marco Vicario |
| Starring | Giancarlo Giannini Rossana Podestà Lionel Stander Ornella Muti Gastone Moschin |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Release date(s) | 1974 |
| Country | Italy |
The Sensual Man (Italian: Paolo il caldo, also known as The Sensuous Sicilian) is a 1974 Italian comedy film.
It was developed from the novel of the same title, written by Vitaliano Brancati.[1] It was shot in Catania, Sicily and Rome.[2]
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[edit] Cast
- Giancarlo Giannini: Paolo Castorini
- Rossana Podestà: Lilia
- Riccardo Cucciolla: Paolo's father
- Lionel Stander: Paolo's Grandfather, Baron Castorini
- Gastone Moschin: Uncle Edmondo
- Adriana Asti: Beatrice
- Marianne Comtell: Paolo's mother
- Vittorio Caprioli: Salvatore, the pharmacist
- Ornella Muti: Giovanna
- Barbara Bach: Anna
- Neda Arneric: Caterina, Paolo's wife
- Dori Dorika: Paolo's siter
[edit] Plot
A Sicilian baron, Paolo Castorini has spent his life (beginning before puberty) dealing with girls, and later, women, usually in matters of the flesh. But later in life he begins to search for a deeper meaning to life. When his father is brought to his deathbed, Paolo (after making a pass at the dying man's nurse) is surprised to learn that the apparently staid, upright father had been unfaithful as a young man, as also Paolo's grandfather, and that such unfaithfulness had brought consequences both moral and medical.
[edit] Release and reception
The movie, of 1:48 hr running time, was released and circulated in Italy, and also played in US arthouses under the title Paolo il Caldo. Then in 1977 it was re-released for the English-speaking public under the title The Sensual Man, with English subtitles. It received a US MPAA film rating of "R".[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Cristina Bragaglia. Il piacere del racconto: narrativa italiana e cinema, 1895-1990. Nuova Italia, 1993. ISBN 8822112490.
- ^ "The Sensual Man". New York Magazine. http://books.google.com/books?ei=zjXNTqmFBe304QTq7a09&ct=result&sqi=2&hl=it&id=1YwpAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22The+Sensual+Man%22+giannini&q=%22The+Sensual+Man%22+#search_anchor. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Daniel C. Blum. John Willis' Screen world , Volume 29. Crown Publishers, 1978. ISBN 0517534517.
