Manolesta is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.[1][2]
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Directed by | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
Screenplay by | Ottavio Jemma |
Story by | Ottavio Jemma Enrico Oldoini |
Produced by | Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis |
Starring | Tomas Milian Giovanna Ralli |
Cinematography | Giancarlo Ferrando |
Edited by | Amedeo Salfa |
Music by | Detto Mariano |
Language | Italian |
Plot
editGino Quirino aka Manolesta, a thief and a con man, lives on a barge anchored on the Tiber with Bruno, his young son. Gino ends up in the crosshairs of the social worker Dr. Angela De Maria, and he is forced to find an honest job.
Cast
edit- Tomas Milian as Gino Quirino
- Giovanna Ralli as Dr. Angela De Maria
- Paco Fabrini as Bruno
- Armando Pugliese as Rosario
- Adriana Russo as Angela
- Clara Colosimo as the social worker
- Massimo Pittarello as Mammola
- Tom Felleghy as the judge
- Nello Pazzafini as the Atac's driver
- Ennio Antonelli as the bricklayer
References
edit- ^ Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
- ^ Andrea Pergolari. Verso la commedia: momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile. Firenze libri, 2002.
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