Poveri ma belli
Dino Risi
Two working class Romeos, Romolo and Salvatore, fall for the charms of the neighbour Giovanna, the tailor's daughter. The friendship is seriously put to the test as she lets each one of the believe the they are the lucky winners of her heart.
With : Renato Salvatori, Maurizio Arena, Marisa Allasio, Lorella De Luca, Alessandra Panaro, Memmo Carotenuto
Screenplay : Dino Risi, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa
Image : Claudio Cirillo
Editing : Tonino Delli Colli
Music : Giorgio Fabor, Piero Piccioni
Screenplay : Dino Risi, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa
Image : Claudio Cirillo
Editing : Tonino Delli Colli
Music : Giorgio Fabor, Piero Piccioni
Production : Titanus
Distribution: Les Films du Camélia
Contact : La copie du film provient de l'Istituto Luce Cinecitta.
Distribution: Les Films du Camélia
Contact : La copie du film provient de l'Istituto Luce Cinecitta.
After making his episode of Pane, amore e ... (Bread, Love, and...), Dino Risi presented, in the same year, Poveri ma belli (The Girl in the Bikini) which would be his first big success, enabling him to make two follow-ups, Belle ma povere (Pretty but Poor) in 1957 and Poveri milionari (Poor Millionaires) in 1958. This trilogy is also famous for have consecrated "pink neo-realism", a current which combined some aspects of neo-realism with farce, giving rise to a series of comic adventures. Light and entertaining this is an unpretentious comedy which presents sentimental little scenes expressing the changes brought by the economic boom: "the characters did not want to be seen through post-War misery. Society was changing, the social fabric was too. In its own way Povere ma belli represents a transition from one life to another" (Fernaldo Di Giammatteo).