Leoni al sole
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| name = Leoni al sole
| image = Leoni al sole.jpg
| caption =
| director = Vittorio Caprioli
| writer = Raffaele La Capria
Vittorio Caprioli
| music = Fiorenzo Carpi
| cinematography = Carlo Di Palma
| editing = Nino Baragli
| producer =
| distributor = Variety Distribution
| released = {{Film date|1961}}
| runtime =
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
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Leoni al sole is a 1961 Italian comedy drama film. It is the directorial debut of Vittorio Caprioli.{{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}}
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."{{Cite web|title=Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/08_febbraio_28/elenco_cento_film_d83cacd8-e5ce-11dc-ab61-0003ba99c667.shtml|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.corriere.it}}
In 2008, it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news|last=Simone Pinchiorri|title=Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Questi Fantasmi: Cinema Italiano Ritrovato (1946 – 1975)"|url=http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/news/01960/mostra-di-venezia-2008-questi-fantasmi-cinema.html|accessdate=18 April 2013|newspaper=CinemaItaliano|date=28 July 2008}}
Cast
- Vittorio Caprioli as Giugiú
- Franca Valeri as Giulia
- Philippe Leroy as Mimí
- Serena Vergano as Serena
- Carlo Giuffrè as Zazà
- Enzo Cannavale as the Commissioner
- Anna Campori
- Evi Marandi
- Luciana Gilli
- Mia Genberg
- Pia Genberg
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0175845|Leoni al sole}}
- [https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/lions-in-the-sun/ Leoni al sole] at Variety Distribution
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Category:Italian comedy-drama films
Category:Commedia all'italiana
Category:1961 comedy-drama films
Category:Films directed by Vittorio Caprioli
Category:Films set in Campania
Category:1961 directorial debut films
Category:Films scored by Fiorenzo Carpi
Category:1960s Italian-language films
Category:Italian-language comedy-drama films
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