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Alberto Sordi: Movie Guide
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Alberto Sordi co-stars with Silvia Mangano in this Dino DeLaurentiis comedy production gang-directed by Tinto Brass, Mauro Bolognini, and Luigi Comenichi. The sketches primarily deal with the endearing battles between husbands and wives, giving Sordi the chance to mug for the camera in the comic fashion that made him famous. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
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Alberto Lattuada's rediscovered black comedy masterwork MAFIOSO, starring Alberto Sordi, is one of the darkest, most authentic movies about the mob – and the funniest! A sensation at last year's New York film Fesitival, Mafioso stars Sordi as a FIAT factory foreman in Northern Italy who returns to his hometown in Sicily, only to find himself unwittingly tapped as a hitman by the local Don. New York Times critic A.O. Scott called the film an utter blast, happily blending low comedy, high sentiment, neorealism and farce – almost a film festival unto itself, and evidence that the gap between popular entertainment and artistic accomplishment has not always been so wide.
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Sordi brings a heartiness to the role that pulls the movie along without a hitch, a clown with leading man looks, and both attributes serve him well here. As he sinks deeper and deeper into calamity, Antonio is ever more game. His desperation is unmistakable to everyone, except himself. It's a marvelous performance in a marvelous movie, one that sneaks up on you while you're watching it. Grade: A–
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The first movie Fellini directed was Lo Sceicco Bianco (1951), with Alberto Sordi, written by Michelangelo Antonioni and Ennio Flaiano. In making this movie Fellini met Nino Rota, the musician that would follow him for the successful rest of his carrer.
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In a career that spanned seven decades, Sordi established himself as an icon of Italian cinema with his representative skill at both comedy and drama. His movie career began in the late working as a dubber for the Italian versions of Laurel and Hardy shorts, voicing Oliver Hardy.
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