Il bell’Antonio
Il bell'Antonio
Italy • 1960
Director
Synopsis
Scripted by Pier Paolo Pasolini, IL BELL’ANTONIO is a barbed, melodramatic satire of religion, sex, and society that gives Marcello Mastroianni a chance to play slyly against his suave screen image. He stars as the handsome Sicilian Antonio, whom everyone assumes to be a great lover. When it is revealed that he is actually impotent and that his marriage to his beautiful wife (Claudia Cardinale) is still unconsummated after a year, he finds himself at the center of a town scandal.
Synopsis
Scripted by Pier Paolo Pasolini, IL BELL’ANTONIO is a barbed, melodramatic satire of religion, sex, and society that gives Marcello Mastroianni a chance to play slyly against his suave screen image. He stars as the handsome Sicilian Antonio, whom everyone assumes to be a great lover. When it is revealed that he is actually impotent and that his marriage to his beautiful wife (Claudia Cardinale) is still unconsummated after a year, he finds himself at the center of a town scandal.
Credits
Crew
DirectorMauro Bolognini
CinematographerArmando Nannuzzi
ComposerPiero Piccioni
EditorNino Baragli
ProducerAlfredo Bini
Cast
Marcello Mastroiannias Antonio Magnano
Claudia Cardinaleas Barbara Puglisi
Pierre Brasseuras Alfio Magnano