Tradimento (1982)

Director:

Alfonso Brescia

Writers:

Alfonso Brescia (screenplay), Franco Calabrese (story),

Stars:

Mario Merola, Antonio Allocca, Benito Artesi

Cast

Credited cast:
Mario Merola	...	Gennaro
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Allocca
Benito Artesi
Tommaso Bianco
Gianni Ciardo
Nino D'Angelo	...	Ruotolo
Ida Di Benedetto	...	Carmela
Antonio Ferrante
Ghigo Masino
Lucio Montanaro
Roberta Olivieri
Nello Pazzafini
Salvatore Puccinelli
Marta Zoffoli	...	Titina

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

pantyhose | female stockinged legs

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Filming Locations:

Naples, Campania, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Italian Movie Pictures Promotion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) Color

User Reviews

Octopus broth!

(Spoilers) Ever popular in Naples but hardly known elsewhere is the Neapolitan actor Mario Merola, who starred in many routine genre pieces such as this one. All had a ready-made local audience. I never really liked him and have always found him a tedious and obnoxious screen presence. Here he plays Gennaro, a seller of octopus broth! Everyone in the family has some kind of little job to help and try to make ends meet for the poor family. Gennaro would like to get a license needed to be a roving retailer but there are payoffs on sales to be made to Camorra members who are not very nice. His wife Carmela pays, but he rebels against the practice. Gennaro locks heads with the head Camorra boss. The criminals injure him and he winds up in jail. Carmela says she is guilty, in order to save her husband, who gets ticked off with the woman, thinking she is unfaithful. They all go to the Shrine of Montevergine and things are set aright. The whole piece is a bit of "commedia dell'arte," thoroughly unsophisticated, and directed by Alfredo Brescia in a routine manner.