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Mario Gariazzo (story) &
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Cast

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Alfredo Adami ... Alfredo
Gianni Agus ... Circus manager
Giordano Albertoni
Gabriella Andreini
Maurizio Arena ... Romolo
Spartaco Battisti ... Bar customer
Luciano Bonanni ... Bar customer
Flora Carosello
Adolfo Celi ... Professor
Renato Cestiè ... Giacomino

Lee J. Cobb ... Vent'anni
Cyril Cusack ... Balloon Vendor
Pupo De Luca ... Antiquarian
Anna Di Leo
Cesare Di Vito
Umberto D'Orsi ... Tassista
Giustino Durano ... Receptionist
Vittorio Fanfoni ... Bar customer
Giacomo Furia ... Nurse
Marina Malfatti ... Maria
Sandra Mantegna
Antonio Monselesan ... Bar customer (as Tony Norton)
Paola Nelli
Fulvio Pellegrino
Franco Pesce ... Car-park attendant
Lorenzo Piani
Dario Pino
Carlo Romano ... Security guard
Andrea Scotti
Silvano Tranquilli ... Doctor
Sven Valsecchi ... Little Giacomino
Lina Volonghi ... Sister Maria
James Whitmore ... Antonio
Pietro Zardini ... Bar customer
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The Balloon Vendor
The Last Circus Show
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Renato great as always, 21 July 2005
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Author: catherinekeohane from United Kingdom

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LAST MOMENTS (video) – This video that is many years old, 1974, has recently become a part of my collection. Viewed on the same day as I received it via ebay, I saw it once before when my ex-boyfriend and his mother tried to spoil it for me by making comments. You either love this type of film or hate it. Again stars Renato Cestie as the little boy trying to do good. (See "Last Snows of Spring"). This features a young boy trying to make a living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father. The father has turned to drink, the mother to prostitution. An Italian film again dubbed. The little boy lovingly saves all the money he can in a tin for his father and wishes for his parents to reunite. His wish comes true when he collapses and is diagnosed terminally ill with malnutrition. Touching scenes between nun and patient, a little bit of "treatment" shown in this one i.e. injection, but all in all again it avoids explicit medical scenes. The child has to be nursed in a library as the hospital is full and the corridors themselves have patients in beds. Also called "The Last Circus Show" this film sees the child enjoying his last circus and being visited by "God" in the shape of "The Balloon Vender." I loved it anyway.

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