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Il bisbetico domato

  • 19801980
  • 1h 47m
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7.6/10
8.2K
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Il bisbetico domato (1980)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
A grouchy farmer, known around his small Italian town as being wonderful to his employees, but actively driving everyone else away, is in for a surprise when a beautiful girl from the city, ... Read allA grouchy farmer, known around his small Italian town as being wonderful to his employees, but actively driving everyone else away, is in for a surprise when a beautiful girl from the city, ends up on his stoop after her car breaks down in the rain.A grouchy farmer, known around his small Italian town as being wonderful to his employees, but actively driving everyone else away, is in for a surprise when a beautiful girl from the city, ends up on his stoop after her car breaks down in the rain.
IMDb RATING
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8.2K
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  • Directors
    • Franco Castellano
    • Giuseppe Moccia
  • Writers
    • Franco Castellano(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Moccia(screenplay)
    • William Shakespeare(inspiration)
  • Stars
    • Adriano Celentano
    • Ornella Muti
    • Edith Peters
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Franco Castellano
    • Giuseppe Moccia
  • Writers
    • Franco Castellano(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Moccia(screenplay)
    • William Shakespeare(inspiration)
  • Stars
    • Adriano Celentano
    • Ornella Muti
    • Edith Peters
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    • 12User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Ornella Muti and Adriano Celentano in Rugantino (1973)
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    Ornella Muti in Il bisbetico domato (1980)
    Ornella Muti and Adriano Celentano in Il bisbetico domato (1980)
    Adriano Celentano in Il bisbetico domato (1980)
    Adriano Celentano in Il bisbetico domato (1980)
    Adriano Celentano and Pippo Santonastaso in Il bisbetico domato (1980)
    Adriano Celentano in Il bisbetico domato (1980)
    Adriano Celentano in Il bisbetico domato (1980)
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    Adriano Celentano
    Adriano Celentano
    • Elia Codognoas Elia Codogno
    Ornella Muti
    Ornella Muti
    • Lisa Silvestrias Lisa Silvestri
    Edith Peters
    • Haushälterin Mamieas Haushälterin Mamie
    Pippo Santonastaso
    • Don Cirilloas Don Cirillo
    Milly Carlucci
    Milly Carlucci
    • Renataas Renata
    Sandro Ghiani
    • Benzinaioas Benzinaio
    Nicola De Buono
    • Vittorioas Vittorio
    Enzo De Toma
    • Contadino malatoas Contadino malato
    Jimmy il Fenomeno
    Jimmy il Fenomeno
    • Campagnoloas Campagnolo
    Elena Mari
    Angelo Mainardi
    Guido Spadea
    • Ragioniereas Ragioniere
    Marco Columbro
    • Guidatore del camioncinoas Guidatore del camioncino
    Gianna Coletti
    • Nipote di Mamieas Nipote di Mamie
    • (as Gianna Coletto)
    Massimo Mirani
    • Giornalistaas Giornalista
    Victor Poletti
      Giuseppe Santobuono
      Luigi Uva
      • Directors
        • Franco Castellano
        • Giuseppe Moccia
      • Writers
        • Franco Castellano(screenplay)
        • Giuseppe Moccia(screenplay)
        • William Shakespeare(inspiration) (uncredited)
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      Storyline

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      • Trivia
        The carpet on Lisa's "sick room" was fake. It was just painted on the floor to accomplish the stunt where Lisa's bed gets pulled out of the room with a tractor.
      • Connections
        References It Happened One Night (1934)
      • Soundtracks
        La Pigiatura
        By Gianni Mauro (as G.Mauro) and Detto Mariano (as M. Detto)

        Performed by group "Clown" with solists Patrizia Tapparelli and Mariano Perrella

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      7/10
      Pretty Celentano movie
      "Il bisbetico domato" ("The taming of the Scoundrel") contains in the title a reference to Shakespeare's work "The taming of the shrew"... That's all, because the film has no other connection with the English author.

      A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...

      The movie is a typical tailored story for Adriano Celentano, one of the biggest Italian music stars -he's hugely popular in German speaking countries and in the Eastern Europe as well. "Il bisbetico domato" is not a musical, and it is directed by the couple Castellano & Pipolo (authors of many Celentano flicks). It stars beautiful diva Ornella Muti.

      The film is fine and funny, although not a cinematic monument. It's just a pretty film, with humor and without big inventions. Certainly we laugh, but above all we watch it because of the main actors -the couple works very well. At the time of its release the picture was, as usual, a smash hit in Italy.

      I think you can really appreciate these movies, first, if you're a Celentano fan. I also think you should see them in the Italian version only -because the singer/showman has a peculiar voice and a way of telling the lines you'd completely miss with the translation.
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      • michelerealini
      • Oct 28, 2005

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      • Release date
        • December 20, 1980 (Italy)
      • Country of origin
        • Italy
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • The Taming of the Scoundrel
      • Production company
        • Capital Film
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 47 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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