Il bell'Antonio | |
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Directed by | Mauro Bolognini |
Produced by | Alfredo Bini, Cino Del Duca |
Written by | Vitaliano Brancati, Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Starring |
Marcello Mastroianni Claudia Cardinale |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Distributed by | Cino del Duca |
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Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Il bell'Antonio is a 1960 Italian-French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. 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.
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.