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(POVERTY AND NOBILITY), 1954, Mario Mattoli, 95m, Colour FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 7PM (HAWKS AND SPARROWS), 1966, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 91m FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 9PM (TOTÒ CON MAN), 1961, Camillo Mastrocinque, 107m SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 7PM (THE PASSIONATE THIEF), 1960, Mario Monicelli, 106m SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 9PM TOTÒ, PEPPINO E LA (TOTÒ,PEPPINO AND THE HUSSY), 1956, Camillo Mastrocinque, 118m SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 4PM (THE BAND OF HONEST MEN), 1956, Camillo Mastrocinque, 90m SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 7PM |
(ARE WE MEN OR CORPORALS?), 1955, Camillo Mastrocinque 94m MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 7PM TOTÒ E PEPPINO DIVISI A BERLINO (TOTÒ AND PEPPINO DIVIDED IN BERLIN), 1962, Giorgio Bianchi, 90m MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 9PM (TOTÒ DIABOLICUS), 1965, Camillo Mastrocinque, 96m TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 7PM TOTÒ, FABRIZI E I GIOVANI D’OGGI (TOTÒ, FABRIZI AND TODAY’S YOUNG FOLK), 1960, Mario Monicelli, 87m WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 7PM (THE TWO COLONELS), 1963, Steno, 90m WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 9PM (BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET), 1958, Mario Monicelli, 100m FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 7PM (TOTÒ VERSUS THE 4), 1963, Steno, 98m MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 7PM |
I SOLITI IGNOTI - BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET
1958, Mario Monicelli, 100m TOTÒ, VITTORIO GASSMAN, MARCELLO MASTROIANNI
While in prison, Peppe discovers the perfect plan to steal the contents of the pawn agency. He manages to put together a band of thieves and they set off for their adventure. Totò makes a cameo appearance in this movie (he plays the expert who teaches the band how to blow up a safe), "I Soliti Ignoti" is a must-see-movie as it represents one of the best Italian comedies every made.
MISERIA E NOBILTÀ - POVERTY AND NOBILITY
1954, Mario Mattoli, 95m, Colour TOTÒ, SOPHIA LOREN, ENZO TURCO
The letter-writer Felice Sciosciammocca and the photographer Pasquale live with their respective families in terrible poverty under the same roof, constantly bickering as they attempt to ply their respective arts. Their friend Eugenio, son of the Marquis Ottavio, convinces the two to pretend they are aristocrats when he goes to ask for the hand of his beloved Gemma (Sofia Loren). Based on the famous play by Eduardo Scarpetta.
UCCELLACCI E UCCELLINI - HAWKS AND SPARROWS
1966, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 91m TOTÒ, NINETTO DAVOLI, FEMI BENUSSI
A father and son, Totò and Ninetto, in their surreal innocence, walk without a precise destination, speaking about a million things and never being surprised about anything at all. They meet a talking crow that claims to be son of doubt and conscience. He begins to narrate the story of brother Ciccillo and brother Ninetto, who both preached to the birds and tried to evangelize hawks. Hawks, following their instincts, devour sparrows. Totò and Ninetto continue their aimless journey, alternating their behavior to reflect that of a hawk or a sparrow. Until, one day...
TOTOTRUFFA '62 - TOTÒ CON MAN
1961, Camillo Mastrocinque, 107m TOTÒ, NINO TARANTO, ESTELLE BLAIN
Antonio, together with Felice, lives a life of lies and con acts, that allow him to keep his daughter Diana in a luxurious boarding school without her knowing the true occupation of her father. Diana meets and falls deeply in love with Franco, son of the police commissioner who has been hunting down the two con artists for years. All goes well until even Franco becomes a victim of their lies.
The film is rich with comedy-sketches, including a classical scene of the Italian-American immigrant who is swindled into buying the Trevi fountain in Rome.
RISATE DI GIOIA- THE PASSIONATE THIEF
1960, Mario Monicelli, 106m TOTÒ, ANNA MAGNANI, BEN GAZZARA
The only film in which Totò acted with Anna Magnani, with whom he had worked with in theatre. Magnani is Tortorella, an extra for Cinecittà who is always going through tough times, especially so towards the end of the year when there are absolutely no possibilities of a job. She teams up with her fellow unemployed actor (a very young Ben Gazzara) and a professional pickpocket (Totò), who wishes to use the typical New Year's Eve confusion to steal from the happy partiers. In this film, Totò is featured in his sad clown mode that always adds a hint of desperation to the action.
TOTÒ, PEPPINO E LA MALAFEMMINA -
TOTÒ, PEPPINO AND THE HUSSY
1956, Camillo Mastrocinque, 118m TOTÒ, PEPPINO DE FILIPPO, DORIAN GRAY, NINO MANFREDI
Totò and Peppino have a nephew, Gianni, who studies in Naples. When they discover he has fallen in love with an actress, who left her studies to follow him up north, they leave together with his mother to try to save the young man. The movie evokes the song Malafemmena written and composed by Totò, it is the first of several films where the names of Totò and Peppino are coupled together in the title. It is their masterpiece, a jewel of surrealistic comedy, especially in the scene hillarious scene where they write a letter to the girl.
LA BANDA DEGLI ONESTI - THE BAND OF HONEST MEN
1956, Camillo Mastrocinque, 90m TOTÒ, PEPPINO DE FILIPPO, GIACOMO FURIA
Antonio Bonocore, a doorman (Totò), inherits the necessary equipment to print 10.000 lira notes from an ex-worker of the Italian mint. He manages to convince the typesetter Giovanni and the drawing teacher Felice to help him manufacture the counterfeit bills. They begin their illegal operation only to find that their product becomes suspicious even in the eyes of the local tobacconist. The police begin a search a gang of counterfeiters.
SIAMO UOMINI O CAPORALI? - ARE WE MEN OR CORPORALS?
1955, Camillo Mastrocinque 94m TOTÒ, PAOLO STOPPA, NERIO BERNARDI
Totò, a poor extra tries to get a part in a costume movie at Cinecittà. The person responsible for casting of the extras treats him in a hostile way and Totò tries to kill him once he refuses him the part. He ends up in a mental asylum and explains his views of the world. He is convinced that the world is divided in people who suffer and corporals who command, frustrate and provoke. He illustrates this with many hilarious misadventures, including two that feature Totò in a musical number.
TOTÒ E PEPPINO DIVISI A BERLINO -
TOTÒ AND PEPPINODIVIDED IN BERLIN
1962, Giorgio Bianchi, 90m TOTÒ, PEPPINO DE FILIPPO, L. PAVESE
Totò and Peppino get hired by the Nazis to be presented to the Americans as Admiral Canaris and his assistant - wanted Italian war criminals- but they are not believed and are brought to East Berlin. They get captured by the Russians who do believe their story and are forced to confess the whereabouts of American spy planes.
TOTÒ DIABOLICUS
1965, Camillo Mastrocinque, 96m TOTÒ, RAIMONDO VIANELLO, FRANCO GIACOBINI
A rich nobleman is assassinated and on his body the killer leaves his signature "Diabolicus". His four siblings, three brothers and a sister (all played by Totò) are immediately the prime suspects, since they are the heirs of his great fortune and none of them have an alibi except for the Monsignor Antonino. Strangely, all the heirs begin to disappear... The film is a parody of the famous "Kind Hearts and Coronets", where Alec Guiness plays several roles.
TOTÒ, FABBRIZI E I GIOVANI D'OGGI - TOTÒ, FABRIZI AND TODAY'S YOUNG FOLK
1960, Mario Monicelli, 87m TOTÒ, ALDO FABRIZI, CHRISTIANE KAUFMANN
Carlo and Gabriella meet at the pool and fall in love. They decide to get married even if their parents don't get along at all. Totò and Aldo Fabrizi perform a series of exhilarating sketches, the most memorable being the one at the restaurant with a parody of the Western film "High Noon". The voice of Nino Manfredi as the narrator in a Ciociaro dialects adds comical authenticity to an already hilarious movie.
I DUE COLONNELLI - THE TWO COLONELS
1963, Steno, 90m TOTÒ, NINO TARANTO, WALTER PIDGEON
On the border between Greece and Albania, the control of a small town passes between the British and the Italians so often that certain stability is maintained; the townspeople simply go about their business and the two commanding officers enjoy cordial relations. Often they even end up saving the life of the other. All changes once Mussolini is removed and German troops arrive.
TOTÒ CONTRO I QUATTRO - TOTÒ VERSUS THE FOUR
1963, Steno, 98m TOTÒ, PEPPINO DE FILIPPO, ALDO FABRIZI
The Commissioner Saracino gets his new car stolen. Though he is extremely irritated by this, he can't stop to deal with the many events that take place in his police station, events that trigger a series of comical episodes such as that of Mr. Fiore who accuses his wife of adultery, or Father Amilcare who returns stolen goods after the confession of the thief.
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