Il... Belpaese
Appearance
Il... Belpaese | |
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Directed by | Luciano Salce |
Written by | Castellano & Pipolo Luciano Salce Paolo Villaggio |
Produced by | Fulvio Lucisano |
Starring | Paolo Villaggio Silvia Dionisio |
Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
Edited by | Antonio Siciliano |
Music by | Gianni Boncompagni Piergiorgio Farina Paolo Ormi |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Il... Belpaese (Italian for "The... Beautiful Country") is a 1977 black comedy film written and directed by Luciano Salce and starring Paolo Villaggio and Silvia Dionisio.[1][2][3]
Plot
Guido Berardinelli is an unfortunate tanker man, returned to Italy after eight years of work on an oil platform in Persian gulf. Guido doesn't knows nothing of the social movement in Italy of the '70s, especially in Milan, and so when arrives, he discovers that his "beautiful country" (BelpaesE) is a total disaster! However, Guido tries to live within the law, opening a watch store, but he is constantly being targeted by the Mafia...
Cast
- Paolo Villaggio as Guido Berardinelli
- Silvia Dionisio as Mia
- Anna Mazzamauro as Miss Gruber
- Pino Caruso as Ovidio Camorrà
- Gigi Reder as Alfredo
- Giuliana Calandra as Elena
- Massimo Boldi as Carletto
- Raffaele Curi as Spadozza
- Ugo Bologna as The Bank Director
- Leo Gavero as The Jeweler
- Tom Felleghy as Andrea
- Carla Mancini as Lisetta
References
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini. Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film. Zanichelli, 2010. ISBN 8808227227.
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