Signore & signori (1966)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Pietro Germi

Writers:

Pietro Germi (story)
Agenore Incrocci (co-screenplay)

Release Date:

10 February 1966 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Everybody does it - but nobody is famous for it except...

Plot:

A citizen of the Veneto in her sixties. Three stories of "love in the country": a pseudo Don Giovanni...

Plot Keywords:

Impotence | Punctuation In Title | Commedia All'italiana | Episodic | Italian Comedy

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins

Cast

Virna Lisi	...	Milena Zulian
Gastone Moschin	...	Osvaldo Bisigato
Nora Ricci	...	Gilda Bisigato
Alberto Lionello	...	Toni Gasparini
Olga Villi	...	Ippolita Gasparini
Franco Fabrizi	...	Lino Bebedetti
Beba Loncar	...	Noemi Castellan
Gigi Ballista	...	Giacinto Castellan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Acqua	...	Attorney Scarfiotti
Virgilio Gazzolo	...	Newspaper editor
Quinto Parmeggiani	...	Giovanni Soligo
Aldo Puglisi	...	Carabiniere Mancuso
Virgilio Scapin	...	Don Schiavon

Also Known As:

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (UK) (USA)
Belles dames, vilains messieurs (France)
Ces messieurs dames (France)
Mesdames et messieurs (France)
Signore e signori (Italy) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

USA:115 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Treviso, Veneto, Italy

Company:

Dear Film Produzione

Movie Connections:

Referenced in L'uomo dal sigaro in bocca (1997)

(All'italiana) Comedy Masterpiece

The Italian Comedy of the Sixties has been internationally recognised as one of the most innovative and original cinema genres produced in that decade. This forgotten movie stands as one of the best examples of such genre. Three stories from the same bunch of middle aged guys from the North of Italy (the nice location is Treviso) are portrayed in this very enjoyable comedy. It is an almost Fellinesque movie, in the sense that it is grotesque, funny and clever at the same time. It mainly is a satire on the human relationships and the hypocrisy of people. Obviously all of this is depicted in a totally hilarious "Italian way". The actresses are simply irresistible (Virna Lisi looks awesome!), the actors very convincing, the story simply too good compared to nowadays scripts, while music, photography and direction are almost perfect. It won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival together with "Un homme une famme". To be rediscovered. a convinced 10/10.