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You're on Your Own
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Wikipedia article
'Arrangiatevi!', internationally released as 'You're on Your Own', is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini.
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, .
Plot summary
Peppino and his family move into a "brothel", i.e. an apartment inhabited by a group of prostitutes in the ancient streets of Rome. One of the girls mysteriously died, and so the house was bought by the family just in time for Peppino, who is forced to share with another family. Because of the gossips of the city and the neighborhood, in a short time Peppino's family falls into disgrace. Peppino, not knowing what to do as a father, comes to discover that his daughter has serious problems with her boyfriend.
Cast
*Peppino De Filippo: Peppino Armentano
*Tot: Grandpa Illuminato
*Laura Adani: Maria Armentano
*Cristina Gaioni: Maria Berta Armentano
*Cathia Caro: Bianca Armentano
*Vittorio Caprioli Pino Calamai
*Franca Valeri: Marisa
*Adriana Asti: la ragazza di Felice
*Giorgio Ardisson: Romano
*Marcello Paolini: Nicola Armentano
*Enrico Olivieri: Salvatore Armentano
*Achille Majeroni: il nonno istriano
*Giusi Raspani Dandolo: la madre istriana
*Luigi De Filippo: Neri
*Giuliano Gemma: un pugile al peso
References
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