The Passaguai Family

12 novembre > SALA 2 ore 20

Italy – 1951 – 35mm – b/n – 90’

CREDITS

Direction: Aldo Fabrizi

Screenplay: Aldo Fabrizi, Ruggero Maccari, Mario Amendola from the comedy Cabina 27 by Anton Germano Rossi

Cinematography: Mario Bava

Editing: Nella Nannuzzi

Set design: Carlo Vignati

Music: Carlo Innocenzi, Enrico Simeone

Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Ave Ninchi, Giovanna Ralli, Giancarlo Zarfati, Peppino De Filippo, Carlo Delle Piane, Tino Scotti, Luigi Pavese, Nyta Dover, Jole Silvani, Pietro De Vico, Alberto Sorrentino

Producer: Aldo Fabrizi

Production: Alfa Films

SYNOPSIS

When cavaliere Peppe Valenzi, known as Passaguai (meaning someone who always gets in trouble), decides to take advantage of an employee discount to spend a Sunday at the Fiumicino seaside with his wife and children, a series of troubles begin for everyone, in the form of a funny nightmare.

CRITICAL NOTE

“Using the very thin plot as just an outline from which to develop ideas and gimmicks, Fabrizi blends the characteristic traits of his comicality into a structure that alternates elements that are even slapstick – the repeated gags with the watermelon, the hilarious idea of the face deformed by his wife’s weight – with more traditional situations, taken from vaudeville or boulevardier theatre shows, with often irresistible comic effects. The direction of the character actors is also excellent.” (P. Mereghetti, Il Mereghetti, Dizionario dei film)