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Bell' Antonio

Original title: Il bell'Antonio
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  • 1h 45m
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Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in Il bell'Antonio (1960)
  • Comedy
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A newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" ... Read allA newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" after their 12-month long marriage.A newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" after their 12-month long marriage.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.6K
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  • Director
    • Mauro Bolognini
  • Writers
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini(screenplay)
    • Gino Visentini(screenplay)
    • Vitaliano Brancati(novel "Il Bell'Antonio")
  • Stars
    • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Claudia Cardinale
    • Pierre Brasseur
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  • Director
    • Mauro Bolognini
  • Writers
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini(screenplay)
    • Gino Visentini(screenplay)
    • Vitaliano Brancati(novel "Il Bell'Antonio")
  • Stars
    • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Claudia Cardinale
    • Pierre Brasseur
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    • 5User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in Il bell'Antonio (1960)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in Il bell'Antonio (1960)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in Il bell'Antonio (1960)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in Il bell'Antonio (1960)
    Claudia Cardinale in Il bell'Antonio (1960)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in Il bell'Antonio (1960)
    Marcello Mastroianni in Il bell'Antonio (1960)

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    Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Mastroianni
    • Antonio Magnanoas Antonio Magnano
    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
    • Barbara Puglisias Barbara Puglisi
    Pierre Brasseur
    Pierre Brasseur
    • Alfio Magnanoas Alfio Magnano
    Rina Morelli
    Rina Morelli
    • Rosaria Magnanoas Rosaria Magnano
    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Edoardoas Edoardo
    Fulvia Mammi
    • Elena Ardizzoneas Elena Ardizzone
    Patrizia Bini
    • Santuzzaas Santuzza
    Anna Arena
    • Signora Puglisias Signora Puglisi
    Maria Luisa Crescenzi
    • Francesaas Francesa
    • (as M. Luisa Crescenzi)
    Jole Fierro
    • Mariucciaas Mariuccia
    • (as Iole Fierro)
    Cesarina Gheraldi
    • Zia Giuseppinaas Zia Giuseppina
    Gina Mattarolo
    Alice Sandro
    • Nandaas Nanda
    Nino Camarda
    Guido Celano
    Guido Celano
    • Calderanaas Calderana
    Maurizio Conti
    Salvatore Fazio
    Salvatore Fazio
    • Grandfather of Barbaraas Grandfather of Barbara
    Rino Giusti
    • Director
      • Mauro Bolognini
    • Writers
      • Pier Paolo Pasolini(screenplay)
      • Gino Visentini(screenplay)
      • Vitaliano Brancati(novel "Il Bell'Antonio")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Anna Glori's debut.
    • Connections
      Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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    9/10
    An odd Sicilian social drama only about sex
    This is a difficult story to understand with its immense dramatizations of a very small and simple matter, causing havc for something very human and trivial. It is Sicilian, and in Sicily any absurdity is possible and taken for real, often turning reality itself into a mess of absurdities, but here, as a non-Sicilian, you must wonder: what's all the fuss about? Why make such a tremendous fuss about nothing? There are any number of marriages where the married couple have decided not to have children and not to have sex, and in Italy, if you don't care about any sexual life at all, it is very simple for you to become a priest or a monk - they live naturally without sex and are obliged to do so. Jesus himself said explicitly, that some people are made not to have sex. But here the fact that a single son married to the richest girl in town doesn't get it going causes a scandal of preporsterous dimensions. If a married couple don't have sex, that's their business and no one else's, isn't it? Why should everyone meddle with it, as if they were royalties, which they definitely aren't?

    On the other hand, there are some very subtle ambiguities here. Antonio's cousin Eduardo is very normal and understanding and is the one Antonio can fully confide in, and Eduardo understands Antonio's problems. In the family there is a young delicate maid, and she eventually gets into an awkward situation. The suspicion cannot be whisked away that somehow Eduardo got in between and (accidentally, of course) managed to save Antonio's face. When everyone is cheering and celebrating in the end, Antonio is the only one who appears thoroughly unhappy and downright gloomy, more melancholy than ever. There must be some reason for it.

    So it's actually a story of subtleties and very strange and intriguing as such. The obvious doesn't always have to be true, while the whole truth never is completely evident.
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    • Release date
      • April 2, 1962 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Bel Antonio
    • Filming locations
      • Catania, Sicily, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Arco Film
      • Cino del Duca
      • Societé Cinématographique Lyre
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    • Budget
      • ITL 67,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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