Country: Italy
Year: 1960
Duration: 105'
Back in Catania after a long period in Rome which has labelled him as a ladies’ man, Antonio Magnano agrees to marry Barbara, solicitor Puglisi’s beautiful daughter. But a year after the wedding, Antonio’s father, don Alfio, is visited by his son’s father-in-law: since Barbara still happens to be a virgin, the family has already set in motion a request for annulment with the Sacred Roman Rota. Antonio’s impotence thus becomes public knowledge. His deep depression is contrasted by the vehemence with which don Alfio tries to reassert the family’s manly pride.
Biography
film director
Mauro Bolognini
Mauro Bolognini (Pistoia, Italy, 1922 - Rome, Italy, 2001) following his degree in architecture he worked as assistant director before making his first film Ci troviamo in galleria (1953). He then took part in Cannes with Gli innamorati (1955), while he collaborated between 1957 and 1960 with Pasolini for the screenplays of five films, among which La notte brava, and Bell’Antonio, awarded in Locarno in 1960. From 1964 he also dedicated himself to directing opera, without abandoning cinema though, in fact in the following decades he made films like Per le antiche scale and L’eredità Ferramonti, La storia vera della signora dalle camelie, Mosca addio and directed some television productions, such as Gli indifferenti.
FILMOGRAFIA
Ci troviamo in galleria (1953), Gli innamorati (1955), Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956), Marisa la civetta (1957), Giovani mariti (1958), La notte brava (1959), Il bell’Antonio (1960), La viaccia (1961), Senilità (1962), Arabella (1967), Metello (1970), Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente (1972), Per le antiche scale (1975), L’eredità Ferramonti (1976), Gran bollito (1977), La storia vera della signora dalle camelie (1981), La certosa di Parma (cm, tv, 1982), La venexiana (1986).
Declaration
film director
“There was already some Pasolinian atmosphere in the Innamorati, even though the mood was a bit more tender. I had just met him and I wanted to do something with him, but at that time he was not a well-known author so it was not possible to involve him. Therefore Pasolini did not collaborate for Innamorati; however the film has certain aspects that foreshadow his themes a little. […] Afterwards we made La notte brava, Bell’Antonio, La giornata balorda together.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Mauro Bolognini
soggetto/story dall’omonimo
romanzo di/from the novel The Handsome Antonio by Vitaliano Brancati sceneggiatura/screenplay Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gino Visentini, Mauro Bolognini fotografia/cinematography Armando Nannuzzi
montaggio/film editing Nino Baragli
scenografia/production design Carlo Egidi
costumi/costume design Piero Tosi
musica/music Piero Piccioni
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters 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), Anna Arena (Mrs Puglisi), Maria Luisa Crescenzi (Francesca), Jole Fierro (Mariuccia)
produttori/producers Cino Del Duca, Alfredo Bini
produzione/production Arco Film, Lyre Cinematographique
soggetto/story dall’omonimo
romanzo di/from the novel The Handsome Antonio by Vitaliano Brancati sceneggiatura/screenplay Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gino Visentini, Mauro Bolognini fotografia/cinematography Armando Nannuzzi
montaggio/film editing Nino Baragli
scenografia/production design Carlo Egidi
costumi/costume design Piero Tosi
musica/music Piero Piccioni
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters 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), Anna Arena (Mrs Puglisi), Maria Luisa Crescenzi (Francesca), Jole Fierro (Mariuccia)
produttori/producers Cino Del Duca, Alfredo Bini
produzione/production Arco Film, Lyre Cinematographique
