Leoni al sole

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Leoni al sole
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Directed by Vittorio Caprioli
Written by Raffaele La Capria
Vittorio Caprioli
Cinematography Carlo Di Palma
Edited by Nino Baragli
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
LanguageItalian

Leoni al sole is a 1961 Italian comedy drama film. It is the directorial debut of Vittorio Caprioli. [1]

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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." [2]

In 2008, it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. [3]

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN   8876055932.
  2. "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  3. Simone Pinchiorri (28 July 2008). "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Questi Fantasmi: Cinema Italiano Ritrovato (1946 – 1975)"". CinemaItaliano. Retrieved 18 April 2013.