Grog (film)

Grog
Directed by	Francesco Laudadio
Written by	Francesco Laudadio Silvia Napolitano
Starring	Franco Nero Gabriele Ferzetti Omero Antonutti Cristina S. Pascual Eros Pagni Sandra Milo
Cinematography	Giuseppe Maccari
Edited by	Gino Bartolini
Music by	Paolo Conte Jimmy Fontana Lilli Greco
Release date	1982 (1982)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Grog is a 1982 Italian comedy-drama film. For this film the director Francesco Laudadio was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best New Director. ^[1]

Cast

• Franco Nero as Nicola Fanelli
• Omero Antonutti as Lawyer Enrico Manzi
• Sandra Milo as Vittoria De Rossi
• Gabriele Ferzetti as Professor Alberto De Rossi
• Christian De Sica as TV Stella presenter
• Claudio Cassinelli as Police Commissioner Mazzanti
• Eros Pagni as Sandro Galli
• Franco Javarone as Pasquale Dicillo
• Cristina S. Pascual as Lola
• Lunetta Savino as Elena De Rossi
• Donatella Damiani as Patrizia
• Renato Scarpa
• Marina Confalone
• Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Injured Man
• Michele Mirabella as Gino Baldello

Reception

Italian critic Tullio Kezich described the film as an Italian version of William Wyler's The Desperate Hours "with performers well-suited to their roles [...] and some genuinely enjoyable moments", criticizing how "the moralizing tone ends up overshadowing the humor". ^[2]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1982

References

1. Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.
2. Kezich, Tullio (1987). Il Film '80 Cinque Anni al Cinema 1982-1986. Mondadori. p. 115. ISBN   9788804288282.

External links

• Grog at IMDb