Manolesta

Manolesta
Directed by	Pasquale Festa Campanile
Screenplay by	Ottavio Jemma
Story by	Ottavio Jemma Enrico Oldoini
Produced by	Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis
Starring	Tomas Milian Giovanna Ralli
Cinematography	Giancarlo Ferrando
Edited by	Amedeo Salfa
Music by	Detto Mariano
Release date	1981 (1981)
Language	Italian

Manolesta is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Gino Quirino aka Manolesta, a thief and a con man, lives on a barge anchored on the Tiber with Bruno, his young son. Gino ends up in the crosshairs of the social worker Dr. Angela De Maria, and he is forced to find an honest job.

Cast

• Tomas Milian as Gino Quirino
• Giovanna Ralli as Dr. Angela De Maria
• Paco Fabrini as Bruno
• Armando Pugliese as Rosario
• Adriana Russo as Angela
• Clara Colosimo as the social worker
• Massimo Pittarello as Mammola
• Tom Felleghy as the judge
• Nello Pazzafini as the ATAC driver
• Ennio Antonelli as the bricklayer

References

1. Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN   887742429X.
2. Andrea Pergolari. Verso la commedia: momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile. Firenze libri, 2002.

External links

• Manolesta at IMDb