Capriccio all'italiana (1968)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Directors:

Mauro Bolognini
Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Roberto Gianviti (segment)
Agenore Incrocci (segments)

Release Date:

13 April 1968 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

CHE COSA SONO LE NUVOLE (by Pier Paolo Pasolini) Durante la rappresentazione dell'Otello in uno spettacolo di marionette...

Plot Keywords:

Episodic | Italian Comedy | Commedia All'italiana

Cast

Totò	...	Anziano signore (segment "Mostro della domenica, Il") / Iago (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Ugo D'Alessio	...	Il commissario di PS (segment "Mostro della domenica, Il")
Regina Seiffert	...	La Ragazza (segment "Mostro della domenica, Il")
Dante Maggio	...	(segment "Mostro della domenica, Il")
Sandro Merli	...	(segment "Mostro della domenica, Il")
Renzo Marignano	...	L'automobilista (segment "Perche"?") / Principe consorte (segment "Viaggio di lavoro")
Franco Franchi	...	Cassio (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Ciccio Ingrassia	...	Roderigo (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Ninetto Davoli	...	Othello (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Laura Betti	...	Desdemona (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Adriana Asti	...	Bianca (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Domenico Modugno	...	Lo spazzino (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Carlo Pisacane	...	Brabanzio (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Francesco Leonetti	...	Il Burattinaio (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
Luigi Barbieri	...	Un burattino (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")

Also Known As:

Caprice Italian Style

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

Edited into Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio (2004)

Why doesn't the IMDb offer a 0 rating?

This movie is bad. Really, really bad. It's just stupid. What on earth was this film meant to be?

Basically it's a collection of short films (some are 20minutes, others 5, this movie is inconsistent like that, you see?) that have nothing in common and have no reason for even being made.

Take for instance the first one. It involves an old man becoming a Beatnik-kidnapper just so he can cut their hair! Another one involves actors participating in a stage play. Another has a royal (where from? why is she there? i dunno. I was kind of dozing off) visiting (i think) a fictional African nation to give a speech. This one is particularly annoying because it was made extremely cheap. For example, when the royal gets off the plane to a wave of cameras and people (reminiscent of La Dolce Vita - a much better film) but instead of showing these photographers being played by actors instead we see small animated sequences. When she goes to shake a government officials hand it cuts to an animated character reaching out. and et cetera.

It is as stupid as it sounds.

And from there it gets even worse. A segment involving a nanny yelling at a group of kids because comic books are EVIL!!! Or something to that effect.

Oy, this was a major slog to sit through. Just boring, stupid and ill-conceived.

And, why doesn't the IMDb offer a 0 rating?