West of Paperino

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West of Paperino
Directed by Alessandro Benvenuti
Written byAlessandro Benvenuti
Produced byGianfranco Piccioli
Starring Athina Cenci
Alessandro Benvenuti
Francesco Nuti
Cinematography Romano Albani
Edited by Sergio Montanari
Music byAlessandro Benvenuti
Stephen Head
Dado Parisini
Release date
  • December 1981 (1981-12)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

West of Paperino (Italian: Ad ovest di Paperino) is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti. [1]

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It is the first film of the comedy trio "I GianCattivi", formed by Athina Cenci, Francesco Nuti and Benvenuti, who won the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director. [2] The film is set in Florence, Tuscany, with some scenes shot in Prato. [3] [4] The title is an inside joke that refers to the Tuscan village of Paperino, which is a district of Prato; the film's surreal and grotesque undertones are also hinted by the title itself, since "Paperino" is also the Italian name for Donald Duck. [4]

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References

  1. "West of Paperino". True Colours (in Italian). Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN   8877422211.
  3. Alberto Zambenedetti, ed. (2014). World Film Locations: Florence. Intellect Books. p. 74. ISBN   9781783203604.
  4. 1 2 "Prato and the Cinema". Prato Turismo. Retrieved 8 July 2020.