Fathers and Sons (1957 film)

1957 film

Fathers and Sons

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Directed by| Mario Monicelli
Written by| Leonardo Benvenuti
Luigi Emmanuele
Agenore Incrocci
Mario Monicelli
Furio Scarpelli
Produced by| Guido Giambartolomei
Starring| Vittorio De Sica
Cinematography| Leonida Barboni
Edited by| Otello Colangeli
Mario Serandrei
Music by| Alessandro Cicognini
Distributed by| Cineriz

Release date

* 21 February 1957 (1957-02-21)

Running time

| 99 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Fathers and Sons (Italian: Padri e figli... and also known as A Tailor's Maid) is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli.[1] The film comically depicts the joys and sorrows in five Roman families over several months. At the 7th Berlin International Film Festival Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director award.[2]

## Plot

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In Italy, in the 1950s, the lives of five families intersect. Vincenzo Corallo is a widowed tailor who has no control over his teenager daughter, Marcella, who skips school to go with her boyfriend, Sandro Bacci, to watch trials. Vincenzo's son, Carlo, is the master of the family who can't stand his sister's bad manners and wants to put her back on the right track.

At the Baccis, the father, Vittorio, has problems with his eldest son, Vezio.

In the same building, Guido and Giula Blasi are expecting their first child. Anxious, Guido contacts a nurse, Ines Santarelli, who offers him injections for his pregnant wife.

Ines Santarelli, married to a zookeeper, is the overworked mother of five children. She entrusts a sick son of theirs to her sister Rita, happy to welcome him, because she cannot have children with her husband Cesare.

## Cast

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* Vittorio De Sica \- Vincenzo Corallo
* Lorella De Luca \- Marcella Corallo
* Riccardo Garrone \- Carlo Corallo
* Marcello Mastroianni \- Cesare
* Fiorella Mari \- Rita
* Franco Interlenghi \- Guido Blasi
* Antonella Lualdi \- Giulia Blasi
* Memmo Carotenuto \- Amerigo Santarelli
* Marisa Merlini \- Ines Santarelli
* Ruggero Marchi \- Vittorio Bacci
* Emma Baron \- Mrs. Bacci
* Gabriele Antonini \- Sandro Bacci
* Franco Di Trocchio \- Alvaruccio
* Raffaele Pisu \- Vezio Bacci

## References

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1. ^ "NY Times: Fathers and Sons". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
2. ^ "7th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 30 December 2009.

## External links

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* Fathers and Sons at IMDb
* Father and Sons at Variety Distribution

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* The Unfaithfuls
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* A Hero of Our Times
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* Donatella
* Doctor and the Healer
* Fathers and Sons
* Big Deal on Madonna Street
* The Great War
* The Passionate Thief
* Boccaccio '70
* The Organizer
* High Infidelity
* Casanova 70
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* The Girl with the Pistol
* Caprice Italian Style
* Oh, Grandmother's Dead
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* Le coppie
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* We Want the Colonels
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* My Friends
* Caro Michele
* Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
* An Average Little Man
* I nuovi mostri
* Lovers and Liars
* Hurricane Rosy
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* Let's Hope It's a Girl
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* Facciamo paradiso
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* Un altro mondo è possibile
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