Casotto (1977)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Sergio Citti

Writers:

Vincenzo Cerami (screenplay)
Vincenzo Cerami (story)

Release Date:

28 October 1977 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Una domenica estiva in uno stabilimento balneare al Lido di Ostia (Roma). Una fauna umana variegata e tante storie che si intrecciano...

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Nudity | Topless | Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity

Cast

Clara Algranti	...	Iole
McKenzie Bailey	...	Il prete
Gino Barzacchi	...	Il fusto
Massimo Bonetti	...	Soldato culturista
Flora Carabella	...	La nonna (as Flora Mastroianni)
Franco Citti	...	Nando
Carlo Croccolo	...	Carlo
Ninetto Davoli	...	Fotografo
Catherine Deneuve	...	Donna del sogno
Jodie Foster	...	Teresina Fedeli
Cathy Marchand	...	Ketty (as Katy Marchand)
Marco Marsili	...	Il nipotino
Anna Melato	...	Bice
Mariangela Melato	...	Giulia
Michele Placido	...	Vincenzino
Gigi Proietti	...	Gigi
Gianni Rizzo	...	L'allenatore
Franca Scagnetti	...	Donna grassa
Julia Sebastyan	...	Gloria (as Julie Sebestyen)
Paolo Stoppa	...	Il nonno
Ugo Tognazzi	...	Alfredo Cerquetti
Gianrico Tondinelli	...	Paracadutista

Also Known As:

Beach House (International: English title)
The Beach Hut

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 (original rating) | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Beach, Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Parva Cinematografica

Offbeat and very funny even to a few Yanks!

If French director Jaques Tati were born in Italy, had a much smaller budget and was somewhat of a pervert he probably would have directed films like "In the Beachouse", a wildly offbeat comedy with no plot! The entire movie more-or-less takes place in an ocean-side dressing house, a series of reoccurring site-gags and hilarious character studies. A real-time interaction between a large group of unusual people including 2 prostitutes and their reluctant and somewhat bizarre client, an all-girl swim team, a large black dog and a scene stealing white chihuahua, and a couple trying to get their knocked-up under age grand daughter laid so they can pin the blame on some poor schmuck and marry her off. The grand daughter, incidentally, is played by a nubile Jody Foster (!!!) who probably doesn't mention this film much in her résumé! With a mostly Italian cast including Ugo Tognazzi and featuring Catherine Deneuve in a dream sequence.