Il Marchese del Grillo

Il Marchese del Grillo
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Produced by Renzo Rossellini
Starring Alberto Sordi
Music by Nicola Piovani
Cinematography Sergio D'Offizi
Editing by Ruggero Mastroianni
Release date(s) 1981 (1981)
Running time 135 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language Italian

Il Marchese del Grillo is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi as the titular character. The movie depicts some episodes of the life of a noble in the Rome of the early 19th century. Loosely based on folklore accounts about the real Onofrio del Grillo (who actually lived in the 18th century), this character plays a number of pranks, one even involving Pope Pius VII. The famous line Io sò io, e vvoi nun zete un cazzo (literally "I am I, and you are fucking nothing"), is an appropriated from Belli's 1831 sonnet The Sovrans of the Old World.

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Awards

The film won two David di Donatello, four Nastri d'Argento in 1982. At the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival Mario Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1982 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1982/03_preistr_ger_1982/03_Preistraeger_1982.html. Retrieved 2010-11-13. 

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