Just saw this on italian TV. After watching "così parlò Bellavista", which Is also featuring Luciano De Crescenzo, a few days ago, i was expecting a nicely made comedy about Neapolitan culture. I got much more.
This movie Is a fast paced absurdist mix of the best and the worst that Italian popular culture had to offer in the early 80s, all under the cover of a purported fellinesque script, including the "usual final circle dance".
The movie has uncountable cameos by people that were either very famous or would become famous later on. Most noticeably Roberto Benigni playing a singer known as "the beige sheik", the creator of "Arabian sound". Another one that comes to mind is Gigi Proietti that talks for a few minutes completely meaningless yet very credibile fake Neapolitan dialect.
I enjoyed this, It brought me back to a Long gone Italy, and After all Pietra Montecorvino's beautiful voice and angry hair would be sufficient to justify watching.
This movie Is a fast paced absurdist mix of the best and the worst that Italian popular culture had to offer in the early 80s, all under the cover of a purported fellinesque script, including the "usual final circle dance".
The movie has uncountable cameos by people that were either very famous or would become famous later on. Most noticeably Roberto Benigni playing a singer known as "the beige sheik", the creator of "Arabian sound". Another one that comes to mind is Gigi Proietti that talks for a few minutes completely meaningless yet very credibile fake Neapolitan dialect.
I enjoyed this, It brought me back to a Long gone Italy, and After all Pietra Montecorvino's beautiful voice and angry hair would be sufficient to justify watching.