IL GATTO
synopsis
Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent, but still attractive, condominium. They want to sell it, but before they have to evict all the tenants. Of course, these don't want to leave at all. The cat (Il Gatto), mascot and beloved by all, dies and this gives the two an excuse to enter the tenants' life. Amedeo starts to court the young Wanda and Ofelia seduces the priest Don Pezzolla. In the meantime police is looking for the cat killer...
original title: | Il gatto |
country: | Italy, France |
year: | 1977 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Luigi Comencini |
film run: | 109' |
release date: | IT 11/12/1977, DE 03/03/1978, FR 15/03/1978, BE 22/06/1978, NL 11/10/1979, HU 07/01/1982, PT 01/06/1983 |
screenplay: | Augusto Caminito, Rodolfo Sonego |
cast: | Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Michel Galabru, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Jean Martin, Aldo Reggiani, Adriana Innocenti, Philippe Leroy, Armando Brancia, Mario Brega, Pino Patti, Fabio Gamma, Raffaele Curi |
cinematography by: | Ennio Guarnieri |
film editing: | Nino Baragli |
art director: | Dante Ferretti |
costumes designer: | Danda Ortona |
music: | Ennio Morricone |
producer: | Sergio Leone |
executive producer: | Romano Cardarelli |