Liolà (film)

Liolà
Directed by	Alessandro Blasetti
Written by	Luigi Pirandello (play), Alessandro Blasetti, Sergio Amidei, Adriano Bolzoni, Elio Bartolini
Produced by	Nino Crisman
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Pierre Brasseur
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni Tonino Delli Colli Carlo Di Palma
Music by	Carlo Savina
Release date	1963
Running time	102 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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.

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

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

• Ugo Tognazzi: Liolà
• Giovanna Ralli: Tuzza Azzara
• Anouk Aimée: Mita
• Pierre Brasseur: Zio Simone Palumbo
• Elisa Cegani: Cesa
• Dolores Palumbo: Zia Croce
• Umberto Spadaro
• Graziella Granata

External links

• Liolà at IMDb