The boy wonder
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The boy wonder |
| Original title | Bravissimo |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Luigi Filippo D'Amico |
| script |
Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Luigi Filippo D'Amico |
| production | Gianni Hecht Lucari |
| music | Armando Trovajoli |
| camera | Marco Scarpelli |
| cut | Mario Serandrei |
| occupation | |
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The Patsy ( Bravissimo ) is an Italian film comedy of 1955 . Alberto Sordi plays the main part in the story written by Furio Scarpelli and Agenore Incrocci .
action
For many years Ubaldo has tried to get a permanent position as a primary school teacher at the school authorities. He ekes out a meager life with hunger and debts and keeps himself afloat with child care services. At the blonde neighbor Egle, he does not arrive because of his obtrusive scotch. Gigetto, one of the boys he looks after, is not picked up one day because his father has ended up in jail. Ubaldo tries to get rid of Gigetto from the only known relatives - two uncles who both refuse to take the boy in because the child costs money. However, Ubaldo's anger at the child he is accused of turns into possession when he discovers his extraordinary singing abilities.
When Gigetto's young aunt Rosetta, sent by his father, wants to pick up the boy, he assures her that he will be well looked after. He introduces him to a commentator who is supposed to make the boy big, and signs a lucrative contract with him. He immediately borrows the commentator's car and chauffeur to draw attention to himself in his residential area. He wrote a sharply worded rejection to the school authorities, which are now offering him a position. But the two uncles get wind of the child prodigy and, as relatives, demand guardianship. Gigetto witnesses the argument and the motives of the adults and runs away. He hides in the wealthy house where Aunt Rosetta is employed as a maid. Because he is sick, a doctor comes to cut out his enormous tonsils. Ubaldo's desperate search for the child remains unsuccessful. The uncles pick him up. At the dress rehearsal, Gigetto no longer produces any outstanding notes. The uncles promptly don't want to have anything more to do with him. Ubaldo first chases him away, but lets himself be softened quickly and takes him in. He was just able to intercept the disparaging letter to the school authorities and got the job. Most recently, Gigetto surprisingly triumphs as a highly gifted piano player. Ubaldo doesn't want to go through that again and gives it to the released father.
criticism
Ennio Contini praised: “The direction D'Amicos is agile, fluid and colorful; in addition, she knows how to skillfully use the possibilities of the material. ”, while a critic in L'Italia remarked that the film“ offers little new in the genre ”.
Web links
- The boy wonder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon
Individual evidence
- ^ Ennio Contini in Il Messaggero , December 22, 1955.
- ^ Anonymus, L'Italia , Milan, December 1, 1955; quoted from Claudio G. Fava: Alberto Sordi. 2003, p. 94