Latin Lovers (1965 film)
Latin Lovers (Italian: Gli Amanti Latini) is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Costa.
| Latin Lovers (Gli amanti latini) | |
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| Italian: Gli Amanti Latini | |
| Directed by | Mario Costa |
| Produced by | Thomas Sagone |
| Written by | Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi |
| Starring | Totò Franco Franchi Ciccio Ingrassia |
| Music by | Carlo Savina |
| Cinematography | Alberto Fusi |
| Edited by | Gianmaria Messeri |
| Distributed by | Euro International Films |
Release date | 1965 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
The film is composed of five episodes in which is shown the love of the Italians in the 60s. Among the low quality of love stories, the episode stands out with Totò: Amore e morte (Love and death).
Segment: Love and death
Antonio Gargiulo is a poor accountant who goes to the hospital to collect medical records, suspecting that he has a serious bad health. But he's fine: really bad is the grandfather of a girl who does not give peace for the bad news. Antonio is sorry and tries to console she and offers her to exchange the medical records: so the old man, discovering to feel good, will die happy. She accepts, and at the same time falls in love with Antonio who, wanting to have fun with she, sends the clinic record in accounting, to lend him the money from the board immediately.
Cast
- Toni Ucci as Augusto (segment "La grande conquista")
- Vittorio Congia as Maurizio (segment "La grande conquista")
- Alicia Brandet as Ursula (segment "La grande conquista")
- Eva Gioia as Elisabeth (segment "La grande conquista")
- Gisella Sofio as Miss Beata (segment "Il telefono consolatore")
- Aldo Giuffrè as Arminio (segment "Il telefono consolatore")
- Lina Maryan as Carmelina (segment "Il telefono consolatore") (as Gara Granda)
- Antonietta Tefri (segment "Il telefono consolatore")
- Nino Marchetti as Riccardo (segment "Il telefono consolatore")
- Luigi Tosi (segment "Il telefono consolatore")
- Daniela Surina (segment "Il telefono consolatore")
- Aldo Puglisi as Saro (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Jolanda Modio as Lucia Trapani (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Enzo Garinei as Fifì (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Carlo Sposito as L'amico di Fifì (segment "L'irreparabile") (as Carletto Sposito)
- Armando Curcio (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Nino Musco (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Pietro Tordi (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Francesco Mulé as Lawyer (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Elena Nicolai as Mrs Trapani (segment "L'irreparabile")
- Totò as Antonio Gargiulo (segment "Amore e morte")
- Franco Franchi as Franco (segment "Gli amanti latini")
- Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio (segment "Gli amanti latini")