Liolà (film)

Liolà
Directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Produced by Nino Crisman
Written by Luigi Pirandello (play), Alessandro Blasetti, Sergio Amidei, Adriano Bolzoni, Elio Bartolini
Starring Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Pierre Brasseure
Music by Carlo Savina
Cinematography Leonida Barboni
Tonino Delli Colli
Carlo Di Palma
Release dates
 1963
Running time
 102 min
Country Italy
Language Italian

Liolà is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It is based on Liolà, a comedy play by Luigi Pirandello.[1]

Plot summary

In Sicily at the end of the 1800s, the rich Zia Croce has a rich farm which controls together with his cousin Zio Simone, married to the young Mita, which fails to give him a son, who in the future Zio Simone will inherit all the fruits and vegetables that produces the farm. On stage comes the young Liolà which is surprised to see Mita married to Zio Simone, because previously he had an affair with her. Tuzza, daughter of Zia Croce, discovers that Liolà intends to renew a relationship with Mita and so she seduces him, making herself pregnant. When the incident is discovered a commotion's going on and so Liolà, combining other trouble, gets pregnant Mita also, resumed after a relaizone love. Finally Zio Simone believes that his wife had gave birth on a child who donate their possessions in future; but the reality in a sudden is discovered.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.

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