Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)

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122 min - Comedy | Drama - 19 February 1963 (Italy)

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This consists of four short films by different directors. Rosselini's 'Chastity' ('Illibatezza')... See full summary »

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This consists of four short films by different directors. Rosselini's 'Chastity' ('Illibatezza') deals with an attractive air hostess who receives the unwelcome attentions of a middle aged American. Godard's 'New World' ('Il Nuovo Mondo') illustrates a post-apocalypse world the same as the pre-apocalyptic one but for an enigmatic change in attitude in most people, including the central character's girlfriend. In Pasolini's 'Curd Cheese' ('La Ricotta'), a lavish film about the life of Jesus Christ is being made in a poor area. The impoverished people subject themselves to various indignities in the name of moviemaking in order to win a little food. The central character is hoisted up on a cross for filming, and dies there. Finally comes Gregoretti's 'Free Range Chicken' ('Il Pollo Ruspante') in which a family of the materialist culture inadvertantly illustrate the cynical... Written by D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk>

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Gay beginnings of the end of the world.

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Comedy | Drama

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Italy | France

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Italian

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19 February 1963 (Italy) See more »

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Laviamoci il cervello (RoGoPaG) See more »

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Arco Film, Cineriz, Societé Cinématographique Lyre See more »

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122 min | Portugal: 85 min (heavily cut) | France: 111 min

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Mono

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Black and White | Color

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1.85 : 1

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Orson Welles, who portrays a director directing a Biblical epic in this film's 'La Ricotta' story, ironically had earlier directed himself in his own scenes in an actual Biblical epic, David and Goliath. Welles, who portrays a king in the Biblical epic David and Goliath, also narrates another Biblical epic about the King of kings, King of Kings. Welles even narrates a portion of the Biblical work The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis as well. See more »

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Narrator: The city hadn't changed, but Alessandra had. And I didn't know it yet.
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Referenced in Come si fa a non amare Pier Paolo Pasolini - Appunti per un film sull'immondezza (2005) See more »

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Complete credited cast:
	Rosanna Schiaffino	...	Anna Maria (segment "Illibatezza")
	Bruce Balaban	...	Joe (segment "Illibatezza")
	Maria Pia Schiaffino	...	Air hostess (segment "Illibatezza")
	Jean-Marc Bory	...	Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (as Jean Marc Bory)
	Alexandra Stewart	...	Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
	Orson Welles	...	The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
	Mario Cipriani	...	Stracci / Good Thief (segment "La ricotta")
	Laura Betti	...	The 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
	Edmonda Aldini	...	Another diva (segment "La ricotta")
	Ettore Garofolo	...	Angel (segment "La ricotta")
	Ugo Tognazzi	...	Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
	Lisa Gastoni	...	Togni's wife (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
	Ricky Tognazzi	...	The son (segment "Il pollo ruspante") (as Riky Tognazzi)
	Antonella Taito	...	The daughter (segment "Il pollo ruspante")