Febbre da cavallo

Febbre da cavallo is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Steno and starring Gigi Proietti.[1] It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[2]

Febbre da cavallo
Film poster
Directed bySteno
Produced byRoberto Infascelli
Written byAlfredo Giannetti
Massimo Patrizi
Steno
Enrico Vanzina
StarringGigi Proietti
Enrico Montesano
Francesco De Rosa
Mario Carotenuto
Catherine Spaak
Adolfo Celi
Music byFranco Bixio
Fabio Frizzi
CinematographyEmilio Loffredo
Edited byRaimondo Crociani
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is always at the track together with his friends Armando Pellicci, known as "Er Pomata" cause his use of hair gel, and Felice. They always bet on the wrong horses and they always end up being penniless.

Cast
  • Gigi Proietti as Bruno Fioretti, 'Mandrake', background actor
  • Enrico Montesano as Armando Pellicci, 'Er Pomata', unemployed and gambler
  • Catherine Spaak as Gabriella, Mandrake's girlfriend bar owner
  • Mario Carotenuto as Advocate De Marchis
  • Francesco De Rosa as Felice Roversi a franelero
  • Gigi Ballista as Conte Dallara, stable owner
  • Maria Teresa Albani as Fortune-teller
  • Nikki Gentile (as Nicky Gentile) as Mafalda model and call girl
  • Adolfo Celi as Judge
  • Ennio Antonelli as Otello Rinaldi, the butcher, 'Manzotin'
  • Luciano Bonanni as Fatebenefratelli Hospital's male nurse and horse gambler
  • Aristide Caporale (as Aristide Caporali)
  • Gianfranco Cardinali
  • Giuseppe Castellano as Stelvio Mazza the Harness racing driver
  • Renzo Ozzano as Jean Louis Rossini French harness racing champion driver
  • Fernando Cerulli as tv commercial whisky "VAT 69" director
  • Alberto Giubilo as himself

Production

In the opening credits, Gigi Proietti is credited as Luigi Proietti, his full name. The actor has also stated that following Ghost Whisperer to film, he feared he would really take up the habit of gambling.

In the scene of whisky Vat69 spot the actor who plays the director (Fernando Cerulli) is voiced by Steno, while the driver without a license is voiced by Mario Lombardini.[3]

Sequel
Main article: Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata

The sequel was filmed in 2002, Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata directed by Carlo Vanzina (son of Steno, whose real name was Stefano Vanzina), again starring Gigi Proietti.

References
  1. "New York Times: Febbre da cavallo". NY Times. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. "Enrico Vanzina ci racconta una curiosità su "Febbre da cavallo"". davinotti.com.
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