Il... Belpaese
{{Infobox film
| name =Il... Belpaese
| image = Il... Belpaese.jpg
| caption =
| director = Luciano Salce
| writer = Castellano & Pipolo
Luciano Salce
Paolo Villaggio
| starring = Paolo Villaggio
Silvia Dionisio
| music = Gianni Boncompagni
Piergiorgio Farina
Paolo Ormi
| cinematography =Ennio Guarnieri
| editing = Antonio Siciliano
| producer = Fulvio Lucisano
| released = {{Film date|1977}}
| runtime = 115 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
}}
Il... Belpaese (Italian for "The... Beautiful Country") is a 1977 black comedy film written and directed by Luciano Salce and starring Paolo Villaggio and Silvia Dionisio.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|year=1991 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 1992|isbn=8876055932}}{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}{{cite book|author1=Laura Morandini |author2=Luisa Morandini |author3=Morando Morandini |title=Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film.|publisher=Zanichelli, 2010|isbn=8808227227}}
In the film, an Italian man spend several years working an oil platform in the Persian Gulf. When he returns to Italy, he experiences culture shock when realizing the country's social changes.
Plot
Guido Berardinelli is an unfortunate tanker man, returned to Italy after eight years of work on an oil platform in the Persian Gulf. Guido doesn't knows anything about the social movement in 1970s Italy, especially in Milan. When he arrives, he discovers that his "beautiful country" (BelpaesE) is a total disaster! However, Guido tries to live within the law, opening a watch store, but he is constantly being targeted by the Mafia...
Cast
- Paolo Villaggio as Guido Berardinelli
- Silvia Dionisio as Mia
- Anna Mazzamauro as Miss Gruber
- Pino Caruso as Ovidio CamorrĂ
- Gigi Reder as Alfredo
- Giuliana Calandra as Elena
- Massimo Boldi as Carletto
- Raffaele Curi as Spadozza
- Ugo Bologna as The Bank Director
- Leo Gavero as The Jeweler
- Tom Felleghy as Andrea
- Carla Mancini as Lisetta
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0076176}}
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Category:1977 black comedy films
Category:1970s satirical films
Category:Italian satirical films
Category:Films directed by Luciano Salce
Category:Italian black comedy films
Category:1970s Italian-language films
Category:Years of Lead (Italy) films
Category:Italian-language black comedy films
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