Poveri ma belli
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Directed by | Dino Risi |
Written by | Dino Risi Pasquale Festa Campanile Massimo Franciosa |
Produced by | Silvio Clementelli |
Starring | Marisa Allasio Maurizio Arena Renato Salvatori |
Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
Music by | Giorgio Fabor Piero Piccioni |
Release date | 1957 (Italy) 10 June 1958 (U.S.) |
Running time | 101 min. |
Languages | Italian
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Poveri ma belli(U.S. title:Poor, But Handsome) is a1957Italiancomedy filmdirected byDino Risi.
There have been two sequels, also directed by Risi and starringMarisa Allasio,Maurizio ArenaandRenato Salvatori:Belle ma poverein 1957 andPoveri milionariin 1959 (the latter not featuring Allasio, who by then had retired from acting).
In 2008, the film was included on theItalian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s100 Italian films to be saved,a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[1]
Plot
[edit]Romolo (Maurizio Arena) and Salvatore (Renato Salvatori) are two young men that are neighbors and friends. They live inPiazza NavonainRome.They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna (Marisa Allasio).
After having briefly flirted in quick succession with both friends (a situation which severely strains their feelings of comradeship), Giovanna realizes she's still in love with Ugo, her previous boyfriend, and returns with him. Romolo and Salvatore, their friendship recovered, ultimately get simultaneously engaged with each other's sister.
Cast
[edit]- Marisa Allasio:Giovanna
- Maurizio Arena:Romolo
- Renato Salvatori:Salvatore
- Lorella De Luca:Marisa
- Alessandra Panaro:Anna Maria
- Memmo Carotenuto:Alvaro
- Mario Carotenuto:Uncle Mario
- Virgilio Riento:father of Giovanna
- Ettore Manni:Ugo
- Rossella Como:Ugo's current girlfriend
- Aldo Valletti
- Nino Vingelli
- Erminio Spalla
Notes
[edit]- ^"Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera".www.corriere.it.Retrieved2021-03-11.