Nini Tirabuscio: La Donna Che Invento la Mossa

Synopsis

Feature film comedy. Set in turn-of-the-century Naples, Nina dreams of becoming a tragedian and instead becomes a cafe singer and starts a popular dance craze based on the can-can. For her audition piece Nina chooses Juliet and performs it before a troupe of strolling players who reject her uninspired interpretation. The manager then offers his own contemporary version of ‘to be or not to be’. Later the players rehearse their version of Hamlet, reducing the plot and introducing many ad libs.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1970

Duration

94 mins

Availability

No distributor or archive copy found (2007).

Credits

Director

Marcello Fondato

Producer

Silvio Clementelli

Cinematographer

Carlo Di Palma

Screenplay

Marcello Fondato

Costume

Adriana Berselli

Art Direction

Flavio Mogherini

Cast

Monica Vitti

Maria Sarti aka Nina Tirabuscio

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; Auditions

Notes

Notes

A running time of 121mins is given on IMDb for the Italian release.

Production Company

Name

Clesi Cinematografica