Hot Potato (1979 film)

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Hot Potato
La patata bollente.jpg
Directed by Steno
Written by Steno
Giorgio Arlorio
Enrico Vanzina
Produced by Achille Manzotti
Starring Renato Pozzetto
Cinematography Giorgio Arlorio
Edited by Raimondo Crociani
Music by Totò Savio
Release date
  • 16 November 1979 (1979-11-16)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Hot Potato (Italian : La patata bollente) is a 1979 Commedia all'italiana film directed by Steno. The film discusses a range of issues such as homophobia in the political left, Anni di piombo violence, working class culture, and the sustainability of Eurocommunism. [1]

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Plot

Bernardo Mambelli nicknamed "il Gandi" (Renato Pozzetto) is a PCI militant and pugilist working at a Milanese paint factory. One night, he sees a fascist gang beating a frail young man (Massimo Ranieri). He saves the man and brings him to his house to learn that he is Claudio, a homosexual. With nowhere to go and recovering from the assault, Claudio starts staying at Bernardo's house but a series of typical misunderstandings lead his comrades as well as his girlfriend Maria (Edwige Fenech) to believing that he has "turned gay". Bernardo is now seen as a potential lost cause and the ongoings soon reveal a "hot potato" situation for him.

Cast

Production

The film was initially conceived as a segment of a two-part film titled "Fa male mischiare" (lit. 'Mixing Hurts ') directed by Nanni Loy; the two segments were eventually developed into full-length films, the other of them becoming Loy's Café Express . [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Milano-Firenze, Mo-Net s.r.l. "La patata bollente (1979)". MYmovies.it. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  2. ↑ Giusti, Marco (2019). "La patata bollente". Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy. Bloodbuster edizioni. pp. 326–7. ISBN   978-88-943385-3-9.


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