Febbre da cavallo

Febbre da cavallo

Film poster
Directed by Steno
Produced by Roberto Infascelli
Written by Alfredo Giannetti
Massimo Patrizi
Steno
Enrico Vanzina
Starring Gigi Proietti
Enrico Montesano
Francesco De Rosa
Mario Carotenuto
Catherine Spaak
Adolfo Celi
Music by Franco Bixio
Fabio Frizzi
Cinematography Emilio Loffredo
Edited by Raimondo Crociani
Release dates
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
94 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Febbre da cavallo is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Steno and starring Gigi Proietti.[1] It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[2]

Initially conceived as a safe product destined to be forgotten quickly after its passage in movie theaters, numerous television appearances have raised over time to cult-classic status for fans of light Italian comedy.

Plot

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is always at the track together with his friends Armando Pellicci, known as "Er Pomata" and Felice. They always bet for the wrong horses and they always end it up being penniless.

Cast

Production

In the opening credits, Gigi Proietti is credited as Luigi Proietti, his full name. The actor has also stated that following Ghost Whisperer to film, feared to really take the game habit.[3]

In the scene of whisky Vat69 spot the actor who plays the Director (Fernando Cerulli) is voiced by Steno, Director of horse fever, while the driver without a license is voiced by Mario Lombardini.[4]

Location

Much of the film was shot between Piazza Venezia and Piazza Margana. In the first Gabriella manages the Gran Caffè Roma, still existing local but profoundly restructured (there is no longer even the sign); in the second, in a quiet corner, is (still perfectly equal) the gate of the House of ointment, where he is stationed the Ventresca. The Hospital where the Ointment recipe medicines stolen from Luciano Bonanni is the Fatebenefratelli on Tiber island. The pharmacy Magalini still exists, and is not much changed from the time of the film. The train scenes were filmed on the line Rome-Formia-Naples, while those of station set in Naples are actually turn to the Termini station in Rome. The scenes in the various racetracks in the movies are all filmed at Tor di Valle Hippodrome. Finally, the scene where Mandrake's car stops because no gasoline is turned on via Ostiense, among Tor di Valle and Vitinia.

Sequel

The movie was filmed a sequel in 2002, Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata directed by Carlo Vanzina (son of Steno, whose real name was Stefano Vanzina), again starring Gigi Proietti.

References

  1. "New York Times: Febbre da cavallo". NY Times. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. Template:Cita TV
  4. "Enrico Vanzina ci racconta una curiosità su "Febbre da cavallo"". davinotti.com.

External links

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