La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone

La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone
Directed by	Pupi Avati
Screenplay by	Pupi Avati Antonio Avati Gianni Cavina[1]
Story by	Pupi Avati Antonio Avati
Produced by	Giovanni Bertolucci
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi Paolo Villaggio Delia Boccardo Gianni Cavina Giulio Pizzirani Gianfranco Barra Lucienne Camille Lucio Dalla Patrizia De Clara
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Amedeo Tommasi
Production company	Euro International Film
Distributed by	Euro International Film
Release date	25 January 1975 (1975-01-25) (Italy)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	L392 million[2]
Box office	c. L1.5 billion[2]

La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone (lit. 'The Mazurka of the Baron, the Saint and the Early Fig Tree') is a 1975 Italian black comedy film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati.[3] It is considered one of the most atypical commedia all'italiana films.[4]

The film marked Avati's return to filmmaking after a six-year absence, during which he worked as director of TV commercials.[5]

Plot

Baron Anteo Pellacani returns to the family estate to assume the rights of the heir. In the garden adjacent to the old mansion, there is a fig tree, which, according to legend, has miraculous properties. Moreover, some even managed to see the Holy Virgin after they touched the tree. But the baron has his own memories: he fell from this magical tree at a young age and injured his leg so badly that he remained lame for life. And now he has to face the hated tree again...

Cast

• Ugo Tognazzi as Baron Anteo Pellacani
• Paolo Villaggio as Checco 'Biancone' Coniglio
• Delia Boccardo as Prostitute / St. Girolama
• Gianni Cavina as Petazzoni
• Giulio Pizzirani [it] as Father Arioso
• Gianfranco Barra as Brigadier Caputo
• Lucienne Camille [it] as Silvana
• Andrea Matteuzzi as Marquis
• Bob Tonelli [it] as Notary
• Pina Borione [it] as Anteo's Aunt
• Ines Ciaschetti [it] as Anteo's Aunt
• Ferdinando Orlandi as Festival Presenter
• Adolfo Caruso as Mayor
• Lucio Dalla as Fava
• Patrizia De Clara [it] as Eugenia Pellacani Bompani

See also

• List of Italian films of 1975

References

1. "La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone (The Mazurka of the Baron, the Saint and the Florentine Fig Tree). 1975. Directed by Pupi Avati". MoMA. Associated Press. December 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
2. Panorama, ed. 628-636 (in Italian). Segrate: Mondadori. 1978. p. 120.
3. Simone Isola. Pupi Avati: il nascondiglio dei generi. Sovera Edizioni, 2007.
4. Masolino D'Amico. La commedia all'italiana. Il cinema comico in Italia dal 1945 al 1975. Il Saggiatore, 2008.
5. Ennio Fulgheri. Manuale del cinema italiano. Swan, 1998.

External links

• La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone at IMDb