Our boss is a lady
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Our boss is a lady |
| Original title | Operazione San Gennaro |
| Country of production | Italy , Germany , France |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dino Risi |
| script |
Ennio De Concini Adriano Baracco Dino Risi Nino Manfredi |
| production |
Turi Vasile , Ludwig Waldleitner |
| music | Armando Trovajoli |
| camera | Aldo Tonti |
| cut | Franco Fraticelli |
| occupation | |
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Our boss is a lady (original title: Operazione San Gennaro ) is a rogue comedy set in Italy from 1966 . The film is one of the weakest of the director Dino Risi .
action
Disguised as a nun, the American Maggie manages to bring special tools through airport control in Naples . Her accomplice Jack picks her up. You visit the influential godfather Don Vincenzo in his comfortable prison cell, where the guards are at his service. For the coup they want to carry out, Don Vincenzo puts them in touch with “Dudù”, a small boss who is popular in the district. The Americans do not yet reveal to Dudù that the objects to be stolen are the jewels that are stored in the catacombs of San Gennaro and that are estimated at 300 million. During parades they decorate the Jesus figure, which is worshiped as San Gennaro by the faithful .
Dudù puts together a team against whose undisciplined members Jack has considerable suspicion. On the first attempt to implement the plan, Dudù makes a stop to briefly attend a wedding. When the rest of the gang join the party at which Don Vincenzo is present, they stay the whole night. The next evening, Maggie goes out with Dudù and tries unsuccessfully to seduce him. Jack tells Dudù what the target of the break-in is. Dudù has scruples because he was raised as an orphan by the Church of San Gennaro. He asks Don Vincenzo's permission, who approves the coup, provided that San Gennaro gives a sign of approval. In the church, Dudù asks the Jesus statue for permission, as a lot of sunlight shines into the room, which Dudù interprets as approval. The gang set the second attempt in the evening, when the whole city was sitting in front of the television and watching the festival of the Neapolitan hit songs. Using a laser steel door cutter and explosives, they advance to the shrine with some difficulty and danger. Before starting the escape, Maggie manipulates the ignition cables of Dudù's car so that she and Jack can drive away alone. Soon she also liquidates Jack so as not to have to share the booty. The next day, Dudù learns that Maggie is waiting for a flight that will take off in 15 minutes. Through connected people at the airport, he delayed departure and can take the jewels for himself. But Dudù's mom has talked, the church is taking the booty from him, and he is celebrated in the city as the hero who saved the shrines.
Reviews
At the cinema release, the film service regretted that instead of a comedy, they were offered clothes that were lacking momentum and hardly original. "A few well-cast supporting roles do not compensate for the poor performance in the main roles." On the other hand, the Protestant film observer came to a largely positive judgment ; he called the film a "sufficiently exciting and original crook comedy in decent color images."
The Italian film journalist Adriano Aprà called the film in 1994 a mediocre comedy, in which Dino Risi tried all the Naples clichés in order to Americanize the Commedia all'italiana. In this heavy-handed comedy, Risi seemed in bad shape, said Jean Tulard (2005).
The lexicon of international films writes: "Amusing, in some religious scenes not always tasteful crook comedy, which beneficially does not take itself too seriously."
Web links
- Treasure of San Gennaro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Our boss is a lady at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ film-dienst No. 5/1967, drawn by "Mg."
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 33/1967
- ^ Adriano Aprà: Naples et ses alentours dans le cinéma sonore (1930-1993): un panorama . In: Adriano Aprà and Jean A. Gili (eds.): Naples et le cinéma . Center Georges Pompidou / Fabbri Editori, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-85850-657-4 , p. 110
- ↑ Jean Tulard in: Jean Tulard (Ed.): Guide des films . Volume 2, F-O. Laffont, Paris 2005. ISBN 2-221-10452-8 , pp. 2375-2376
- ↑ Our boss is a lady. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 18, 2016 .