Giovani e belli

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Giovani e belli
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Directed by Dino Risi
Written by Dino Risi
Bernardino Zapponi
Produced byGiovanni Bertolucci
Starring Anna Falchi
Luca Venantini
Ciccio Ingrassia
Cinematography Maurizio Calvesi
Edited by Alberto Gallitti
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
90 min
Country Italy
LanguageItalian

Giovani e belli is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi at his last film. It is loosely based on Poveri ma belli , directed by the same Risi in 1957. [1]

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Plot

Gino and Luke are two Roman boys: one's rich, the other is a proletarian. Both the two are in love for a gypsy named Zorilla. But the two young men have to deal with the leader of the band of gypsies where lives Zorilla, who is not willing to entrust the girl with two young men. When Zorilla gets the consent of the boss, she goes to live with Luke and Gino, creating havoc in their families.

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