Il Marchese del Grillo
Il Marchese del Grillo | |
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Produced by | Luciano De Feo (Opera Film Produzione) |
Starring | Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Flavio Bucci, Camillo Milli, Riccardo Billi |
Cinematography | Sergio D'Offizi |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
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Running time | 139 minutes 127 minutes ca. (cut edition) |
Countries | Italy France |
Language | Italian |
Il Marchese del Grillo (The Marquess del Grillo, internationally released as The Marquis of Grillo) is a 1981 Italian comedic motion picture directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi as the title character. The film depicts early nineteenth-century episodes in the life of a nobleman in Rome. Loosely based on folkloric accounts of the real Onofrio del Grillo (who lived in the eighteenth century), this character plays a number of pranks, one even involving Pope Pius VII. The famous line Io sò io, e voi non siete un cazzo (literally "I am who I am, and you are fucking nobody"), is appropriated from Belli's 1831 sonnet, "The Sovrans of the Old World".
Plot
In the meantime the Pope has the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte excommunicated. When the conflict escalates, Onofrio is appointed commander of the Swiss Guards in Castel Sant'Angelo. He does not take the situation very seriously, and ultimately fails in his task to defend the Papal palace. While he is leaving command to check on the fidelity of a young plebeian lover of his, the French guards enter the Holy See to arrest the Pope. Onofrio has personally few prejudices and quickly includes acquaintances from the new order within his circle, becoming friends with a young commander of the French regiment as well as more senior officers. This is however much to the disappointment of his pious mother who claims that the French, as enemies of the Pope King, are also sworn enemies of God.
With the French occupants a theater company also arrives from Paris, introducing the novelty of real women for female roles. Due to the obtuseness of the Roman people the show proves a failure, but Onofrio takes the chance to start an affair with the beautiful and free spirited singer Olympia. One night, while walking around the ruins of the
Cast
- Alberto Sordi ... Onofrio Del Grillo / Gasperino the coalman
- Giorgio Gobbi ... Ricciotto, servant
- Pius VII
- Caroline Berg ... Olympia, French singer
- Jacques Herlin ... Étienne Radet, French general
- Marc Porel ... Capitaine Blanchard, French commander
- Flavio Bucci ... Don Bastiano, chief of the brigands
- Riccardo Billi ... Aronne Piperno, cabinet maker
- Elena Daskowa Valenzano ... Marchesa del Grillo, mother
- Isabelle Linnartz ... Genuflessa del Grillo, cousin
- Marina Confalone ... Camilla del Grillo, sister
- Cochi Ponzoni ... Conte Rambaldo, brother-in-law
- Andrea Bevilacqua ... Pompeo, nephew
- Pietro Tordi ... Mons. Terenzio del Grillo, uncle
- Leopoldo Trieste ... Don Sabino, chaplain
- Tommaso Bianco ... Administrator
- Angela Campanella ... Faustina, concubine
- Elena Fiore ... Anita, Faustina's mother
- Gianni Di Pinto ... Marcuccio, Faustina's lover
- Elisa Mainardi ... Gasperino's wife
- Isabella De Bernardi ... Gasperino's daughter
- Camillo Milli ... Cardinal Secretary of the Pontifical States
- Giovanni Febbraro ... Pontifical commissioner
- Salvatore Jacono ... Bargello, Pontifical constable
- Paolo Paoloni ... Captain of the Swiss Guards
Awards
The film won two David di Donatello, four Nastri d'Argento in 1982. At the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival Mario Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director.[1]
References
- ^ "Berlinale: 1982 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
External links
- Il Marchese del Grillo at IMDb