Totò and Peppino De Filippo are farmers in the south of Italy who's nephew (popular Italian singer Teddy Reno) is studying to be a doctor in Naples. Reno meets singer Dorian Gray (not the Oscar Wilde character) and they fall in love. He follows her tour to Milan, but word gets back to his family and they come to Milan to try and bribe Gray into leaving him. When everything goes haywire, Reno gets to woo Gray back with his big hit song ... "Malafemmina".
I've had really bad experiences with movies starring Italian comedy duos, so I expected to hate this film, but I really liked it. Totò and Peppino's comedy is all verbal, sort of like Abbott and Costello without Costello's annoying slapstick. The films feels like a Martin and Lewis film ... a plot that's there mostly to drive the film along and give open up spaces for comedy routines and songs.
I really enjoyed this and would watch more of their films.
I've had really bad experiences with movies starring Italian comedy duos, so I expected to hate this film, but I really liked it. Totò and Peppino's comedy is all verbal, sort of like Abbott and Costello without Costello's annoying slapstick. The films feels like a Martin and Lewis film ... a plot that's there mostly to drive the film along and give open up spaces for comedy routines and songs.
I really enjoyed this and would watch more of their films.