BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (I Soliti Ignoti)

Italian Cinema with Irene P. Eckert

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, Apr 3, 2016 10:00 AM

Description

Italian Cinema with Irene P. Eckert

BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (I Soliti Ignoti)

Starring MARCELLO MASTROIANNI, VITTORIO GASSMAN,
CLAUDIA CARDINALE AND TOTÒ


Sunday, April 3. Bagels at 10 am, Film at 11 am
$10 Members | $15 Public

An all-star cast and jazzy score highlight this charming comedy that hilariously details the plight of a sad-sack group of bumbling thieves and their desperate attempts to pull off the perfect heist.

“Monicelli’s stumblebum heist film is one of the funniest Italian comedies ever made.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Italian title of the film roughly translates to “the usual nobodies,” referring to the ragtag collection of inept criminals — each with his own wacky back story — who set out to perform the perfect heist. There’s the cameraless photographer (Marcello  Mastroianni) suddenly cast into single fatherhood with his colicky infant daughter while his wife does time for smuggling cigarettes; the handsome, glass-jawed prize fighter (Vittorio Gassman); and the allegedly expert safe cracker played with aplomb by the much revered silent screen star Totò. As their best-laid plans meet hilarious roadblocks at each turn, the endearing characters bicker and persevere. (Italy, 1958, 106 mins. | Dir. Mario Monicelli)