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The Poor Man's "Dolce Vita"

7.7 / 10

117 minutes

1961-09-25

Italian

IT

Actors :

Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Adriana Asti, Luciano Conti, Luciano Gonini, Renato Capogna, Alfredo Leggi, Galeazzo Riccardi, Leonardo Muraglia, Giuseppe Ristagno, Roberto Giovannoni, Mario Cipriani, Roberto Scaringella

Description

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

5/4/2024, 11:24:42 AM

The eponymous creature (Franco Citti) is a bit of a malevolent sponge. Hs has deserted his wife and child so he can sit with his mates carousing and playing cards whilst he pimps out "Maddalena" (Silvana Corsini) and lives off her ill-gotten gains. He's quite content with this arrangement until she has an altercation with a Vesper and then finds herself rather unjustly locked up for a year. With h...