Le Faremo Tanto Male

Actor-director Pino Quartullo shot this Italian comedy amid the natural splendors of the Abruzzo National Park. The screenplay, with some situations reminiscent of Bette Midler in Ruthless People (1986), is by Quartullo and Claudio Masenza, based on their play. Stefania Sandrelli repeats her role from the stage production. Former actress Federica Birki (Sandrelli), now reduced to... (read more) hosting a trash TV gameshow sponsored by a furrier, generates gimmicks for the paparazzi in an effort to get back in the limelight. She's kidnapped by park ranger Marco (Quartullo) and his brother Ruggiero (Ricky Memphis), animal lovers who demand the sponsor close down his fur farm and free the animals. However, Federica's past history of staging stories for press coverage works against her this time, and the abductors' threats are ignored. As the brothers try to heighten her consciousness regarding animals, she begins devising new headline grabbers -- until the corrupt sponsor (Rocco Barbaro) steps in with a different spin. The film includes clips from Sandrelli's Seduced and Abandoned (1963). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

Cast:

• Stefania Sandrelli
• Pino Quartullo
• Ricky Memphis
• Rocco Barbaro
• Venantino Venantini
• Nathalie Caldonazzo
• Anna Valle
• Caterina Guzzanti
• Filippo Corlini

Director(s):

Pino Quartullo

Writer(s):

Claudio Masenza, Pino Quartullo

Producer(s):

Fulvio Lucisano