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The Passaguai Family
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Wikipedia article
'The Passaguai Family' (Italian: 'La Famiglia Passaguai') is a 1951 Italian comedy film written, starring and directed by Aldo Fabrizi. It also featured Peppino De Filippo, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli.Chiti & Poppi p.148 It was followed by a sequel 'The Passaguai Family Gets Rich' in 1952. It follows the misadventures of a lower middle-class family and their friends from Rome when they take a day's outing at the seaside.
It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around the city and at the resort of Fiumicino at the mouth of the River Tiber near Ostia. Distributed by the Italian branch of the Rank Organisation it was a major hit, taking domestic box office earnings of 378 million lira.Chiti & Poppi p.148
In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.Massimo Bertarelli, 'Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare', Gremese Editore, 2004, .
Cast
* Aldo Fabrizi as Cav. Peppe Passaguai
* Ave Ninchi as Margherita, moglie di Peppe
* Peppino De Filippo as Rag. Mazza, collega di Peppe
* Tino Scotti as Comm. Villetti, capufficio di Peppe
* Nyta Dover as Marisa, segretaria
* Giovanna Ralli as Marcella, figlia maggiore dei Passaguai
* Carlo Delle Piane as Gino (detto Pecorino), secondo figlio dei Passaguai
* Giancarlo Zarfati as Gnappetta, figlio minore dei Passaguai
* Luigi Pavese as Alberto
* Jole Silvani as Jole
* Pietro De Vico as l'innamorato di Marcella
* Alberto Sorrentino
References
Bibliography
* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. 'Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959'. Gremese Editore, 1991.
* Gundle, Stephen. 'Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism'. Berghahn Books, 2019.
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