Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (1976)

Four generations of a family live crowded together in a cardboard shantytown shack in the squalor of inner-city Rome. They plan to murder each other with poisoned dinners, arson, etc. The ... See full summary »

Director:

Ettore Scola

Writers:

Sergio Citti (dialogue), Ruggero Maccari,

Stars:

Nino Manfredi, Maria Luisa Santella, Francesco Anniballi

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nino Manfredi	...	Giacinto Mazzatella
Maria Luisa Santella	...	Iside
Francesco Anniballi	...	Domizio
Maria Bosco	...	Gaetana
Giselda Castrini	...	Lisetta
Alfredo D'Ippolito	...	Plinio
Giancarlo Fanelli	...	Paride
Marina Fasoli	...	Maria Libera
Ettore Garofolo	...	Camillo
Marco Marsili	...	Marce
Franco Merli	...	Fernando
Linda Moretti	...	Matilde
Luciano Pagliuca	...	Romolo
Giuseppe Paravati	...	Tato
Silvana Priori	...	Paride's Wife

Storyline

Four generations of a family live crowded together in a cardboard shantytown shack in the squalor of inner-city Rome. They plan to murder each other with poisoned dinners, arson, etc. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.

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Plot Keywords:

incest | family relationships | poison | 1970s | poverty | 

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Taglines:

...A Love Story

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

23 September 1976 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Down and Dirty

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Surf Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Sin maquillaje: Coca Guazzini (2011)

User Reviews

Do you remember MAD Magazine?

I just saw this movie, 25 years after it was filmed. Splendid. It's an Almodovar movie before Almodovar entered the field. The other commentaries said it all.

I just want to point out the very last scene of the film.

It's so poignant! that young girl we saw throughout the whole movie, as maybe the only innocent and pure creature among all these abominable characters, being the only one that took care of all the children in the slum, helping in the house chores, etc.

Now she appears several months pregnant, doing the same things she always did, raising the first one in the morning, getting water for the family from a public faucet, and before getting to the faucet, she does a little ritualistic thing, she jumps over a low remnant of a wall and walks on its edge --dreaming of being a tightrope walker maybe?-- as the only pleasure she got as a child and even now, as a soon to be mother (because she's still a child).

That ending shows us that there is no hope for some people in this world, generation after generation they where born to be condemned to live forever under those conditions. Magnificent film!