Il bell'Antonio

Il bell'Antonio
Film poster
Directed by	Mauro Bolognini
Produced by	Alfredo Bini, Cino Del Duca
Written by	Vitaliano Brancati, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Distributed by	Cino del Duca
Release dates	1960
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Il bell'Antonio is a 1960 Italian-French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.^[1] The film is a based on a novel by Vitaliano Brancati and adapted for the screen by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Gino Visentini. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale and Tomas Milian. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

In the town of Catania, Italy, women adore the handsome Romeo, Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), who is a great success with romance. Women think of him as the perfect lover. In reality, his life is plagued by problems, and soon he's the laughing stock of the town because of his alleged impotence.

Cast

• 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
• Rino Giusti
• Gina Mattarolo
• Alice Sandro ... Nanda
• Enzo Tiribelli
• Ugo Torrente

References

1. "NY Times: Il bell'Antonio". NY Times.com. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
2. "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

External links

• Il bell'Antonio at the Internet Movie Database