Liolà (Italian pronunciation: [ljoˈla]) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It is based on Liolà, a comedy play by Luigi Pirandello.[1]
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Directed by | Alessandro Blasetti |
Written by | Luigi Pirandello (play), Alessandro Blasetti, Sergio Amidei, Adriano Bolzoni, Elio Bartolini |
Produced by | Nino Crisman |
Starring | Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Pierre Brasseur |
Cinematography | Leonida Barboni Tonino Delli Colli Carlo Di Palma |
Music by | Carlo Savina |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 102 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The film was released as A Very Handy Man in the U.S. in 1966.[2]
In Sicily at the end of the 1800s, the rich Zia Croce has a large profitably farm which he controls together with his cousin Zio Simone, who is married to the young Mita, which fails to give him a son, who in the future Zio Simone will inherit all the fruits and vegetables that produces the farm. On stage comes the young Liolà which is surprised to see Mita married to Zio Simone, because previously he had an affair with her. Tuzza, daughter of Zia Croce, discovers that Liolà intends to renew a relationship with Mita and so she seduces him, making herself pregnant. When the incident is discovered a commotion's going on and so Liolà, combining other trouble, gets pregnant Mita also, resumed after a relaizone love. Finally Zio Simone believes that his wife had given birth to a child who would donate their possessions in future; but the reality is suddenly discovered.
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