Poveri ma belli

*Poveri ma belli*
Poveri ma belli
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Dino Risi; Pasquale Festa Campanile; Massimo Franciosa
Produced by	Silvio Clementelli
Starring	Marisa Allasio; Maurizio Arena; Renato Salvatori
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Music by	Giorgio Fabor; Piero Piccioni
Release date	1957 (Italy); 10 June 1958 (U.S.)
Running time	101 min.
Languages	Italian Italian dubbers: Maria Pia Di Meo: Giovanna; Giuseppe Rinaldi: Salvatore; Sergio Fantoni: Romolo; Flaminia Jandolo: Marisa; Fiorella Betti: Anna Maria; Gualtiero De Angelis: Ugo; Nino Manfredi: a man in Piazza Navona;

Poveri ma belli (U.S. title: Poor, But Handsome) is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.

There have been two sequels, also directed by Risi and starring Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena and Renato Salvatori: Belle ma povere in 1957 and Poveri milionari in 1959 (the latter not featuring Allasio, who by then had retired from acting).

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[1]

Plot[edit]

Romolo (Maurizio Arena) and Salvatore (Renato Salvatori) are two young men that are neighbors and friends. They live in Piazza Navona in Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna (Marisa Allasio).

After having briefly flirted in quick succession with both friends (a situation which severely strains their feelings of comradeship), Giovanna realizes she's still in love with Ugo, her previous boyfriend, and returns with him. Romolo and Salvatore, their friendship recovered, ultimately get simultaneously engaged with each other's sister.

Cast[edit]

Marisa Allasio: Giovanna
Maurizio Arena: Romolo
Renato Salvatori: Salvatore
Lorella De Luca: Marisa
Alessandra Panaro: Anna Maria
Memmo Carotenuto: Alvaro
Mario Carotenuto: Uncle Mario
Virgilio Riento: father of Giovanna
Ettore Manni: Ugo
Rossella Como: Ugo's current girlfriend
Aldo Valletti
Nino Vingelli
Erminio Spalla

Notes[edit]

^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

External links[edit]

Poveri ma belli at IMDb

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[1] "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

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