West of Paperino

1981 Italian film

West of Paperino

Directed by| Alessandro Benvenuti
Written by| Alessandro Benvenuti
Produced by| Gianfranco Piccioli
Starring| Athina Cenci
Alessandro Benvenuti
Francesco Nuti
Cinematography| Romano Albani
Edited by| Sergio Montanari
Music by| Alessandro Benvenuti
Stephen Head
Dado Parisini

Release date

* December 1981 (1981-12)

Running time

| 91 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

West of Paperino (Italian: Ad ovest di Paperino) is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti.[1]

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.[2] The film is set in Florence, Tuscany, with some scenes shot in Prato.[3][4] 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.[4]

## Cast

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* Athina Cenci as Marta
* Alessandro Benvenuti as Sandro
* Francesco Nuti as Francesco Sabatini
* Paolo Hendel as Veleno
* Gianna Sammarco as Francesco's mother
* Novello Novelli as Francesco's father
* Renato Scarpa as Don Vincenzo
* Franco Javarone as Notturno
* Silvano Panichi as Wiliams
* Lucilla Baroni as Lucilla
* Franco Piacentini as Torchio
* Giovanni Nannini as Belvedere
* Paolo Pieri as Mario the barman
* Angelo Pellegrino as the employee of the employment office
* Giorgio Picchianti as the fisherman

## References

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1. ^ "West of Paperino". True Colours (in Italian). Retrieved 8 July 2020.
2. ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN 8877422211.
3. ^ Alberto Zambenedetti, ed. (2014). World Film Locations: Florence. Intellect Books. p. 74\. ISBN 9781783203604.
4. ^ a b "Prato and the Cinema". Prato Turismo. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

## External links

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* West of Paperino at IMDb

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Films directed by Alessandro Benvenuti

* West of Paperino (1981)
* It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (1985)
* Welcome to Home Gori (1990)
* The Party's Over (1991)
* Cain vs. Cain (1993)
* Belle al Bar (1994)
* Ivo the Genius (1995)
* Return to Home Gori (1996)
* My Dearest Friends (1998)
* Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy? (2003)

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