The Passionate Thief (film)

The Passionate Thief
The Passionate Thief
	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	1960;
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

References[]

^ Dargis, Manohla (4 December 2014). "Telling Lies for Love, Cruelty or Expediency". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Risate di gioia". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

External links[]

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[1] Dargis, Manohla (4 December 2014). "Telling Lies for Love, Cruelty or Expediency". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[NY_Times-2] Hal Erickson (2012). "Risate di gioia". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

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