''A Pocketful of Chestnuts'' it, Le castagne sono buone) is a 1970 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Pietro Germi.

Plot

Luigi Vivarelli is a television director, a cynical and unrepentant womanizer. One day he meets Carla Lotito, an architecture student, and is immediately attracted to her. But Carla isn't like the other women that Luigi deals with - she's a Catholic who believes in the old and simple values that modern society deems unfashionable. Both try to convince the other of the rightness of their philosophy, and their basic disagreements put their love in jeopardy.

Cast

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: Luigi Vivarelli * Stefania Casini: Carla Lotito *

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: Teresa Lotito * Patricia Allison: Lisa Lotito *

Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi (; 15 February 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Life and career Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several revu ...

: Bernardo Bembarbì *

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: Maria Luisa *

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: Television Host * Memè Perlini: Actor-Priest * Stephan Zacharias: Don Raffaele *

Giuseppe Rinaldi Giuseppe Rinaldi (14 September 1919 – 15 December 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered of be one of the most greatest and inf ...

: Poker Player Doctor

Reception

In his previous films, Pietro Germi sharply satirized the hypocritical morality and conformity of proper Italian society. In this film, however, he turned his scorn towards the "immoral" youth of the 1960s, defending the conservative values. For this reason the film was heavily attacked by Italian critics, criticizing it as didactic and reactionary. Germi angrily responded that "critics are only good for a sociological study - their reaction is proof of the cultural degeneration that they are a part of".Livia Madeo (11 November 1970). "Germi polemico difende le castagne". '' La Stampa''. p. 6.

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* 1970 films 1970 comedy films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Pietro Germi Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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