Questo e Quello (lit.'This and That') is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci.[1][3]

Questo e Quello
Directed bySergio Corbucci
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Bernardino Zapponi
  • Nino Manfredi
  • Renato Pozzetto[1]
Starring
  • Bernardino Zapponi
  • Nino Manfredi
CinematographyAlessandro D'Eva[1]
Edited byAmedeo Salfa[1]
Music by
Production
company
Faso Film[1]
Distributed byC.I.D.I.F.[2]
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]

Plot

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First segment: the life of a comic book artist in a creative crisis is revolutionised by the casual encounter with a beautiful stranger.

Second segment: a writer in his sixties goes in the spas of Montecatini in search of inspiration. The daughter of an old friend, a 20-year-old girl, will awake his senses.

Cast

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"This Impossible Love"
"In The Red Beret"

Release

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The film was released in 1983.[1] The film was a box office hit in Italy on its release.[3]

Reception

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In a retrospective review of the film, Roberto Curti found that Corbucci's direction was "sloppy and careless" and that the film was "basically an excuse for Pozzetto and Manfredi to do their comedy routine"[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Curti 2016, p. 175.
  2. ^ "Questo e quello (1983)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Curti 2016, p. 176.

References

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  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
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