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Il volpone

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Il volpone
Directed byMaurizio Ponzi
Written byMaurizio Ponzi
Ottavio Jemma
Piero De Bernardi
Leo Benvenuti
Story byBen Jonson
Starring
CinematographySandro D'Eva
Music byFabio Liberatori
Distributed byCDI[1]
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
LanguageItalian

Il volpone is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed in by Maurizio Ponzi, inspired by Ben Jonson's comedy with the same name. The film stars Enrico Montesano, Enrico Maria Salerno and Paolo Villaggio.[2]

Plot

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Set in the Ligurian Riviera during the 1980s, it features Paolo Villaggio as Ugo Maria Volpone, a rich but apparently ill ship company owner. He is surrounded by a series of relatives and friends (played by Enrico Maria Salerno, Renzo Montagnani, Alessandro Haber) who blandish him in order to inherit his estate. The shrewd Volpone, in return, organizes a hoax against them to betray their greed. In the movie, he is joined by a new waiter, Bartolomeo Mosca (Enrico Montesano), who quickly shows himself to be as cunning as Volpone in arranging humiliations.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Il volpone (1988)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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