''L'ombrellone'' or ''Weekend, Italian Style'' is a
1966 Italian
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comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
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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 ...
directed by
Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''.
Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
. It was co-produced with
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
and
France
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. The soundtrack is full of Italian Pop songs from the 1960s.
Plot
Ferragosto in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
. Everybody is on holidays on the beach, except Enrico Marletti (
Enrico Maria Salerno
Enrico Maria Salerno (September 18, 1926 – February 28, 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Ch ...
), who spends the week working. On the weekends, he drives to
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...
to meet his wife Giuliana (
Sandra Milo
Sandra Milo (born Salvatrice Elena Greco; 11 March 1933 in Tunis) is an Italian actress, television personality, author, and musician. She won a Silver Ribbon best supporting actress award for each of her roles in Federico Fellini's '' 8½'' an ...
), but she is living her ''dolce vita'' (sweet life) and her husband is out of place amidst her chic friends.
Cast
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Sandra Milo
Sandra Milo (born Salvatrice Elena Greco; 11 March 1933 in Tunis) is an Italian actress, television personality, author, and musician. She won a Silver Ribbon best supporting actress award for each of her roles in Federico Fellini's '' 8½'' an ...
: Giuliana Marletti
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Enrico Maria Salerno
Enrico Maria Salerno (September 18, 1926 – February 28, 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Ch ...
: Enrico Marletti
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Jean Sorel: Sergio
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Daniela Bianchi
Daniela Bianchi (born 31 January 1942) is an Italian actress, best known for her role of Bond girl Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 movie '' From Russia with Love''. She played a Soviet cipher clerk sent to entrap agent 007, James Bond. Bianchi's fa ...
: Isabella Dominici
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Lelio Luttazzi
Lelio Luttazzi (27 April 1923 – 8 July 2010) was an Italian composer, musician, actor, singer, conductor, writer, and television and radio presenter.
Born in Trieste, Luttazzi began playing the piano at Radio Trieste and composing his first s ...
: Conte Antonio Bellanca
*
Raffaele Pisu
Raffaele Pisu (24 May 1925 – 31 July 2019) was an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Bologna as Guerrino Pisu into a family of Sardinian origin, Pisu debuted in the drama theater and in 1945 he was one of the founders of th ...
: Pasqualino
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Leopoldo Trieste: professor. Ferri
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Trini Alonso: Clelia Valdameri
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Alicia Brandet: Vicina di stanza
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Véronique Vendell
Véronique Vendell (born Véronique Duraffourd, 21 July 1942) is a French actress. She appeared mainly in French and German productions, but had roles in both Peter Glenville's '' Becket'' and Sam Peckinpah's '' Cross of Iron'' and its sequel ' ...
: Giuliana
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Pepe Calvo: Mr. Tagliaferri
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Antonella Della Porta
''Antonella Della Porta'' (August 18, 1927 Reggio Calabria, Italy – July 16, 2002 Rome, Italy) was an Italian actress.
She was an Italian actress active in cinema and television in the early sixties and the second half of the seventies.
Film ...
: Miss De Rossi
*
Solvi Stubing
Solvi Stubing (19 January 1941 – 3 July 2017) was a German actress and TV personality, mainly active in Italy.
Born in Berlin, Stubing obtained wide popularity in Italy with a commercial for Peroni Beer, and starred in many films, often of mode ...
: Miss Marini
External links
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1966 films
Films set in Italy
Films set in Rome
Films set in Emilia-Romagna
Films shot in Rome
Italian comedy-drama films
Spanish comedy-drama films
French comedy-drama films
1960s Italian-language films
1966 comedy-drama films
Commedia all'italiana
Films directed by Dino Risi
1960s Italian films
1960s French films
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