The Passionate Thief (film)
The Passionate Thief | |
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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 |
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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[]
- The Passionate Thief at IMDb
- The Passionate Thief at AllMovie
- The Passionate Thief at Box Office Mojo
- Laughs of Joy (Risate di gioia) at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Passionate Thief at Rotten Tomatoes
Categories:
- 1960 films
- Italian-language films
- 1960 comedy films
- Films based on works by Alberto Moravia
- Films directed by Mario Monicelli
- Italian films
- Italian comedy films
- Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
- Films set in Rome
- Films shot in Rome
- 1960s Italian comedy film stubs