Sat March 7, 2015
The Passionate Thief (Mario Monicelli; Italy, 1960)
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at PFA Theater
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(Risate di gioia/Laugh for Joy)
For The Passionate Thief Totò was reunited with his revue costar of the forties, Anna Magnani, whom he revered. An adaptation of two novels by Alberto Moravia, this beautiful film depicts the failed illusions of two broken-down bit players at Cinecittà. The marvelous Magnani portrays a hapless would-be actress who becomes implicated in a theft by a retired extra (Totò) and a young pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) with whom she falls in love. Time Out New York called this, one of Monicelli’s most beloved comedies, “fun and frothy . . . It’s like a long night of champagne without the hangover.”
• Written by Monicelli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Age and Scarpelli, adapted by D’Amico from the novels Risate di Gioia and Ladri in Chiesa by Alberto Moravia. Photographed by Leonida Barboni. With Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark.
(106 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, DCP, From Rialto Pictures)
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For The Passionate Thief Totò was reunited with his revue costar of the forties, Anna Magnani, whom he revered. An adaptation of two novels by Alberto Moravia, this beautiful film depicts the failed illusions of two broken-down bit players at Cinecittà. The marvelous Magnani portrays a hapless would-be actress who becomes implicated in a theft by a retired extra (Totò) and a young pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) with whom she falls in love. Time Out New York called this, one of Monicelli’s most beloved comedies, “fun and frothy . . . It’s like a long night of champagne without the hangover.”
• Written by Monicelli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Age and Scarpelli, adapted by D’Amico from the novels Risate di Gioia and Ladri in Chiesa by Alberto Moravia. Photographed by Leonida Barboni. With Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark.
(106 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, DCP, From Rialto Pictures)
(Risate di gioia/Laugh for Joy)
For The Passionate Thief Totò was reunited with his revue costar of the forties, Anna Magnani, whom he revered. An adaptation of two novels by Alberto Moravia, this beautiful film depicts the failed illusions of two broken-down bit players at Cinecittà. The marvelous Magnani portrays a hapless would-be actress who becomes implicated in a theft by a retired extra (Totò) and a young pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) with whom she falls in love. Time Out New York called this, one of Monicelli’s most beloved comedies, “fun and frothy . . . It’s like a long night of champagne without the hangover.”
• Written by Monicelli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Age and Scarpelli, adapted by D’Amico from the novels Risate di Gioia and Ladri in Chiesa by Alberto Moravia. Photographed by Leonida Barboni. With Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark.
(106 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, DCP, From Rialto Pictures)
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For The Passionate Thief Totò was reunited with his revue costar of the forties, Anna Magnani, whom he revered. An adaptation of two novels by Alberto Moravia, this beautiful film depicts the failed illusions of two broken-down bit players at Cinecittà. The marvelous Magnani portrays a hapless would-be actress who becomes implicated in a theft by a retired extra (Totò) and a young pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) with whom she falls in love. Time Out New York called this, one of Monicelli’s most beloved comedies, “fun and frothy . . . It’s like a long night of champagne without the hangover.”
• Written by Monicelli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Age and Scarpelli, adapted by D’Amico from the novels Risate di Gioia and Ladri in Chiesa by Alberto Moravia. Photographed by Leonida Barboni. With Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark.
(106 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, DCP, From Rialto Pictures)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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