Risate di gioia

Risate di gioia
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Monicelli
Produced by	Silvio Clementelli
Written by	Alberto Moravia Mario Monicelli Age & Scarpelli Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Starring	Totò Anna Magnani
Music by	Lelio Luttazzi
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Edited by	Adriana Novelli
Distributed by	Titanus
Release dates	1960
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Risate di gioia (English title The Passionate Thief^[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
• Kurt Polter
• Mac Ronay as Il guidatore della metropolitana

References

1. Dargis, Manohla (4 December 2014). "Telling Lies for Love, Cruelty or Expediency". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. "Risate di gioia". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

External links

• The Passionate Thief at the Internet Movie Database
• 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