''Ugly, Dirty and Bad'' (''Brutti, sporchi e cattivi'') is an Italian

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film directed by

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and released in 1976. Ettore Scola won the

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at the

1976 Cannes Film Festival The 29th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 28 May 1976. The Palme d'Or went to ''Taxi Driver'' by Martin Scorsese. In 1976, "L'Air du temps", a new section which was non-competitive and focused on contemporary subjects, was introduced. This ...

Plot

The film tells the grotesque story of a large

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n family living in an extremely poor shantytown of the periphery of

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. The protagonist is one-eyed patriarch Giacinto (Manfredi). Four generations of his sons and relatives are cramped together in his shack, managing to get by mainly on thieving and whoring, among other things more or less respectable. For the loss of his eye, an insurance company has paid Giacinto a large sum. Giacinto refuses to share his money with anyone, and spends little of it on himself, preferring to hide it from his family, which he routinely abuses verbally and physically. Various members of the family unsuccessfully try to steal his money. When Giacinto falls in love with an obese prostitute, brings her home and starts spending his money on her, Giacinto's enraged wife conspires with the rest of the family to poison him. However, Giacinto survives. In a frenzy of anger, he sets fire to his home. To his disappointment, his family survives. Giacinto then sells the house to a Neapolitan immigrant family. Giacinto's family refuses to let the Neapolitans take over the shack, and in the ensuing fight, the shack collapses. The film ends with Giacinto living in a newly built exceedingly crowded shack with both his mistress and his wife, together with an apparently reconciled family and the newcomers as well.

Cast

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- Giacinto Mazzatella *

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- Iside * Francesco Anniballi - Domizio * Maria Bosco - Gaetana * Giselda Castrini - Lisetta *

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- Plinio *

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- Paride *

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- Maria Libera *

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- Camillo *

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- Vittoriano *

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- Fernando *

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- Matilde *

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- Romolo *

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- Tato *

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- Paride's Wife *

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- Baraccata Negra

References

External links

* 1976 films 1976 comedy films Italian comedy films Italian satirical films Films directed by Ettore Scola Commedia all'italiana Films set in Rome Films shot in Rome Social realism in film Films about dysfunctional families Films produced by Carlo Ponti Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari Films scored by Armando Trovajoli Films with screenplays by Ettore Scola 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub