Toto and the Women (1952)

Name: Toto and the Women
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1952-12-20
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Lea Padovani, Franca Faldini, Ave Ninchi

Toto and the Women (1952), directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Totò and Peppino De Filippo.

12/20/1952 BR Comedy 1h 33m

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Synopsis

Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.

Tonino Delli ColliCinematography
Mario MonicelliDirector, Screenplay
StenoDirector, Screenplay
Gisa Radicchi LeviEditing

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Toto and the Women (Italian: Totò e le donne) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno.

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Toto and the Women (Italian: Totò e le donne) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno.

Plot

The cloth retailer Philip is no longer able to stand his possessive and tyrannical wife who claims a higher lifestyle. In fact, for years now after the wedding, Philip was totally deprived of his freedom as a husband. The only freedom left is to hole up in the attic reading police novels and venerating an altar dedicated to the infamous serial killer Landru. The balance family collapses as the younger daughter of Philip became engaged to a young doctor: to prove to everyone her talent in giving injections, she decides, along with her mother, to use the poor Philip as a guinea pig. When enough is enough, Philip decides live the high life together with his young lover. However Philip soon realizes that the girl is too young for him and, avoiding ridiculousness, breaks off the relationship. At home, things get worse: his wife is complaining about the low wage and tells him about the poor quality of what she has been cooking for years and how she was forced to pawn her gold jewelry. Anyway, the marriage of the couple's daughter is the chance to find new finance and strength and the pair get back together. The easy moral is that women are hard to manage but unmissable as well.

Cast

Totò as Filippo Scaparro

Lea Padovani as Ginetta

Franca Faldini as La signora dell'appuntamento

Ave Ninchi as Giovanna Scaparro

Giovanna Pala as Mirella Scaparro

Clelia Matania as La cameriera

Alda Mangini as La signora nel negozio

Primarosa Battistella as Antonietta

Teresa Pellati as Irene

Mario Castellani as Rag. Carlini

Peppino De Filippo as Il dottor Desideri

Pina Gallini as La suocera

Carlo Mazzarella as Il presentatore del concorso di bellezza

External links

Totò e le donne at IMDb

Text from Toto and the Women on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_and_the_Women

Trivia

It premiered on December 20, 1952, a Saturday.
It runs 1h33 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Totò e le donne".
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.