Italy / Nov 11, 1974 / VM14
1h 44min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Guido Leontini | Spreafico |
| Armando Brancia | Mazzaturconi |
| Daniele Vargas | Avvocato |
| Attilio Duse | Queroni, stationmaster |
| Antonio Spaccatini | Giuseppe Migliavacca |
| Maria Antonietta Beluzzi | Mamma Rosa |
| Alessandra Cardini | Giustina (as Sandra Cardini) |
| Nazzareno Natale | Bertinelli lo Stalliere |
| Giuseppe Maffioli | Sperzi 'Venezia' |
| Bernard Blier | Priest |
| Gianfilippo Carcano | Doctor Guerrasca |
| Vittorio Fanfoni | Fascist with beard |
| Angelo Pellegrino | Il Fotografo |
| Elisa Mainardi | Wilma Sperzi |
| Vera Drudi | |
| Lorenzo Piani | |
| Pier Giovanni Anchisi |
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| Piero Chiara | Bar client (uncredited) |
| Stefania Spugnini | Flora (uncredited) |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Il piatto piange |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 11 novembre 1974 |
| Writer | Maria Pia Sollima, Piero Chiara, Paolo Nuzzi |
| Editing | Antonio Siciliano |
| Cinematography | Arturo Zavattini |
| Assistant directors | Paolo Nuzzi |
| Camera operators | Arturo Zavattini |
| Additional photography | Arturo Zavattini |
| Music | Rudy Knabl, Franco Micalizzi |
| Sound | Rudy Knabl, Franco Micalizzi |
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