You're on Your Own

You're on Your Own
Directed by	Mauro Bolognini
Written by	Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi
Produced by	Cineriz
Starring	Peppino De Filippo, Totò, Franca Valeri
Cinematography	Carlo Carlini
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Distributed by	Cineriz
Release date	1959 (1959)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Arrangiatevi!, internationally released as You're on Your Own, is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini. ^{[1] [2]}

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." ^[3]

Plot summary

Peppino and his family move into a "brothel", i.e. an apartment inhabited by a group of prostitutes in the ancient streets of Rome. One of the girls mysteriously died, and so the house was bought by the family just in time for Peppino, who is forced to share with another family. Because of the gossips of the city and the neighborhood, in a short time Peppino's family falls into disgrace. Peppino, not knowing what to do as a father, comes to discover that his daughter has serious problems with her boyfriend.

Photo from Arrangiatevi! with (from left) Peppino De Filippo, Laura Adani and Totò lying in bed.

Cast

• Peppino De Filippo: Peppino Armentano
• Totò: Grandpa Illuminato
• Laura Adani: Maria Armentano
• Cristina Gaioni: Maria Berta Armentano
• Cathia Caro: Bianca Armentano
• Vittorio Caprioli Pino Calamai
• Franca Valeri: Marisa
• Adriana Asti: la ragazza di Felice
• Giorgio Ardisson: Romano
• Marcello Paolini: Nicola Armentano
• Enrico Olivieri: Salvatore Armentano
• Achille Majeroni: il nonno istriano
• Giusi Raspani Dandolo: la madre istriana
• Luigi De Filippo: Neri
• Giuliano Gemma: un pugile al peso

References

1. Massimo Bertarelli. Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare. Gremese Editore, 2004. pp. 66–68.
2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano - I film. Gremese Editore, 1991. p. 43.
3. "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Archived from the original on 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

External links

Media related to Arrangiatevi! at Wikimedia Commons

• You're on Your Own at IMDb