West of Paperino

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| name = West of Paperino

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| director = Alessandro Benvenuti

| producer = Gianfranco Piccioli

| writer = Alessandro Benvenuti

| starring = Athina Cenci
Alessandro Benvenuti
Francesco Nuti

| cinematography = Romano Albani

| editing = Sergio Montanari

| music = Alessandro Benvenuti
Stephen Head
Dado Parisini

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| released = {{Film date|1981|12|}}

| runtime = 91 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

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West of Paperino ({{langx|it|Ad ovest di Paperino}}) is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti.{{Cite web|url=https://truecolours.it/catalogue/west-of-paperino/|title=West of Paperino|website=True Colours|language=it|access-date=8 July 2020}}

It is the first film of the comedy trio "I GianCattivi", formed by Athina Cenci, Francesco Nuti and Benvenuti, who won the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director.{{Cite book|last=Lancia|first=Enrico|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore|place=Rome|year=1998|isbn=8877422211}} The film is set in Florence, Tuscany, with some scenes shot in Prato.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7E5BAAAQBAJ&q=%22West+of+Paperino%22&pg=PA74|title=World Film Locations: Florence|editor=Alberto Zambenedetti|publisher=Intellect Books|year=2014|page=74|isbn=9781783203604}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pratoturismo.it/en/what/ideas-and-inspirations/prato-and-cinema/|title=Prato and the Cinema|website=Prato Turismo|access-date=8 July 2020}} The title is an inside joke that refers to the Tuscan village of Paperino, which is a district of Prato; the film's surreal and grotesque undertones are also hinted by the title itself, since "Paperino" is also the Italian name for Donald Duck.