Casotto (1977)

Director:

Sergio Citti

Writers:

Vincenzo Cerami (screenplay)
Vincenzo Cerami (story)

Release Date:

28 October 1977 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Una domenica estiva in uno stabilimento balneare al Lido di Ostia (Roma). Una fauna umana variegata e tante storie che si intrecciano...

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Nudity | Topless | Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity

Cast

Clara Algranti	...	Iole
McKenzie Bailey	...	Il prete
Gino Barzacchi	...	Il fusto
Massimo Bonetti	...	Soldato culturista
Flora Carabella	...	La nonna (as Flora Mastroianni)
Franco Citti	...	Nando
Carlo Croccolo	...	Carlo
Ninetto Davoli	...	Fotografo
Catherine Deneuve	...	Donna del sogno
Jodie Foster	...	Teresina Fedeli
Cathy Marchand	...	Ketty (as Katy Marchand)
Marco Marsili	...	Il nipotino
Anna Melato	...	Bice
Mariangela Melato	...	Giulia
Michele Placido	...	Vincenzino
Gigi Proietti	...	Gigi
Gianni Rizzo	...	L'allenatore
Franca Scagnetti	...	Donna grassa
Julia Sebastyan	...	Gloria (as Julie Sebestyen)
Paolo Stoppa	...	Il nonno
Ugo Tognazzi	...	Alfredo Cerquetti
Gianrico Tondinelli	...	Paracadutista

Also Known As:

Beach House (International: English title)
The Beach Hut

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 (original rating) | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Beach, Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Parva Cinematografica

Yankees, please, stop reviewing Italian movies!!

I can't believe so many people gave negative comments about this movie. And I have to say, I'm getting tired of people giving negative comments on a movie from a foreign country, about which they know nothing, after seeing a badly dubbed version.. This movie is great. It's amazing, though not surprising, how Citti can keep your attention up without ever leaving the casotto.. I'm actually surprised that people found it boring. I was planning to see the beginning of it, and go out, but I just could not stop until the end. You follow a few parallel stories from a fixed point of view, sort of similar to Scola's "La cena", but kind of lighter, even though I wouldn't call this a comedy. It is a bit surrealistic, but in a very realistic and convincing way. It features a lot of the best actors of the time, including Tognazzi, Melato, Proietti, Stoppa.

So what's wrong with you guys? Reading comments to Italian movies, I sometimes have the sensation that the few Americans interested in Italian movies are just looking for the sleazy details, and completely miss or misunderstand all the rest. There's a lot more to Italian movies than sleaze. If you willingly watch one, and don't get it, before firing up low votes and negative comments, please consider the possibility that, well, yes, maybe something was "lost in translation".. and it might not just be the lines, but also the tone, accents, gestures, dressing codes, cultural, social and historical background... For example, the attitude of the two girls, hanging around with two guys and hoping they will get food for free, might sound unlikely in a "Sex and the city" episode, but looks perfectly natural in the Rome of the seventies.

Most Italian directors put no effort in making their products available to foreigners, and even when they do, you still see a different movie if you're from here. Just don't blame it on the movie!