Bell'Antonio, Il (1960)

Regisseur:

Mauro Bolognini

Drehbuchautoren:

Vitaliano Brancati (novel)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

2. April 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Women love handsome Antonio because they think of him as the perfect lover. But he has problems to fullfill...

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Sicily | Impotence | Catania Italy | Based On Novel

Filmpreise:

1 win

Nutzerkommentare:

Sicily, love, sex and religion....

Besetzung

Marcello Mastroianni	...	Antonio Magnano
Claudia Cardinale	...	Barbara Puglisi
Pierre Brasseur	...	Alfio Magnano
Rina Morelli	...	Rosaria Magnano
Tomas Milian	...	Edoardo
Fulvia Mammi	...	Elena Ardizzone
Patrizia Bini	...	Santuzza (as Patrizia Rini)
Anna Arena	...	Signora Puglisi
Nino Camarda
Guido Celano	...	Calderana
Maurizio Conti
Maria Luisa Crescenzi	...	Francesa
Salvatore Fazio
Jole Fierro	...	Mariuccia
Cesarina Gherardi	...	Zia Giuseppina

Alternativ:

Bel Antonio, Le (France)
Bell' Antonio (USA)
Bel Antonio (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

105 Min | Argentina:102 Min | Germany:95 Min

Produktionsland:

Italy | France

Sprache:

Italienisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

France:-16 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18

Drehorte:

Catania, Sicily, Italy

Firma:

Arco Film

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Marcello Mastroianni: mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo (1997)

Sicily, love, sex and religion....

Humour, good acting (Pierre Brasseur and Marcello are excellent)and a not so innocent theme.

Antonio is a victim of traditional Sicilian society where the church is ubiquitous and categorizes women in either sluts or Saints. Platonic love is reserved for the Saints, sex is for the rest. Sex and love are so far apart that Antonio can not reconcile them, it will ruin his life.

Mauro Bolognini has made a great deal of good movies, this one is not its most famous but it deserves more attention. The taste and accent of Southern Italy 40 years ago is in every scene.