72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Risate di gioia / Joyful Laughter

Mario Monicelli
Italy
Synopsis
Gioia Pennicotti, an extra at Cinecittà, where people call her Tortorella, is invited to a dinner party on New Year's Eve to avoid having thirteen guests. But she?s ditched when the arrival of an additional guest renders her presence useless. Not wanting to be alone, she decides to go out with her friend Umberto Pennazzutto, a bit actor nicknamed Bad Luck now in the employment of Lello the thief.
Director
Mario Monicelli
Screenplay
Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Suso Cecchi d’Amico
Photography
Leonida Barboni
Edition
Adriana Novelli
Music
Lelio Luttazzi
Cast
Totò, Anna Magnani, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark, Edy Vessel
Running Time
106 m.
Country
Italy
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