The Passionate Thief
| The Passionate Thief | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
| Written by | Alberto Moravia Mario Monicelli Age & Scarpelli Suso Cecchi d'Amico |
| Produced by | Silvio Clementelli |
| Starring | Totò Anna Magnani |
| Cinematography | Leonida Barboni |
| Edited by | Adriana Novelli |
| Music by | Lelio Luttazzi |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Passionate Thief (Italian: Risate di gioia)[1] is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Anna Magnani and Totò.[2]
Plot
Two friends (Toto and Magnani) live by their wits working as comedians and cabaret at Cinecittà, before being invited to friends' parties or masked balls during New Year's Eve in Rome. The two, however, even though they make people laugh all the time in public, live an inner conflict, namely that the two have always to be aware to give a smile to someone, but they can never be rich and happy because they are street artists and with a precarious wage.
Cast
- Anna Magnani as Gioia Fabbricotti (alias Tortorella)
- Totò as Umberto "Infortunio" Pennazzuto
- Ben Gazzara as Lello
- Fred Clark as The American
- Edy Vessel as The girl
- Gina Rovere as Mimi
- Toni Ucci as L'amico de Milena
- Kurt Polter
- Mac Ronay as Il guidatore della metropolitana
References
- ^ Dargis, Manohla (4 December 2014). "Telling Lies for Love, Cruelty or Expediency". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Risate di gioia". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
External links
- The Passionate Thief at IMDb
- The Passionate Thief at AllMovie
- The Passionate Thief at Box Office Mojo
- Laughs of Joy (Risate di gioia) at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Passionate Thief at Rotten Tomatoes
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