''Il bell'Antonio'' ("Handsome Antonio") is a 1960 Italian-French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter. Early years Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...

. The film is based on a novel by Vitaliano Brancati and adapted for the screen by

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

and Gino Visentini. It stars

Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ...

, Claudia Cardinale and Tomas Milian. The film won the Golden Leopard at the

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

Cast

... Antonio Magnano * Claudia Cardinale ... Barbara Puglisi *

Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor. Biography The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules Br ...

... Alfio Magnano *

Rina Morelli Rina Morelli (6 December 1908 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1939 and 1976. She was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Her husband, Paolo Stoppa, was an Italian stage and ...

... Rosaria Magnano * Tomas Milian ... Edoardo * Fulvia Mammi ... Elena Ardizzone * Patrizia Bini ... Santuzza (as Patrizia Rini) * Anna Arena ... Signora Puglisi * Nino Camarda * Guido Celano ... Calderana * Maurizio Conti * Maria Luisa Crescenzi ... Francesa * Salvatore Fazio *

Jole Fierro Jole Fierro (22 November 1926 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian actress. Born in Salerno, Fierro made her debut in the early 1950s in the Neapolitan dialect theater, and shortly later she made her first appearances in films. In June 1954, she ac ...

... Mariuccia * Cesarina Gherardi... Zia Giuseppina * Rino Giusti * Gina Mattarolo * Alice Sandro ... Nanda *

Enzo Tiribelli Enzo is an Italian given name derivative of the German name Heinz. It can be used also as the short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo. It is most common in the Romance-speaking world, particularly in Italy and Latin America but ...

* Ugo Torrente

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* 1960 films 1960s Italian-language films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films Films set in Sicily Films directed by Mauro Bolognini 1960 drama films Golden Leopard winners Films scored by Piero Piccioni 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub