Number 219 on IMDb's Avast Top 250
Umberto Domenico Ferrari, an elderly and retired civil servant (not a pirate), is desperately trying to maintain a decent standard of living on a rapidly dwindling state pension (no buried treasure). But he's up against his tyrannical landlady (a buxom wench), who keeps demanding rent that he can't pay (while renting his room out to prostitutes, saucy wenchs for sure, during the day), and his only friends are the pregnant housemaid wench and his little scurvy dog Flike... hilarity ensues, matey.
Trivia: Carlo Battisti and Maria-Pia Casilio, the two principal characters were not professional actors. Few professional actors were used (others, including Umberto's cruel landlady, Antonia (Lina Gennari), were professional actors). There were no pirates used for this movie.
Ahoy there mateys, I'm here to talk to you scurvy dogs about this here pirate movie...what, it's not a pirate movie, it's Italian neorealism? Arrrrrgh! I'll keelhall somebody for this! Well anyways, this is a buried treasure of a film, and it should stay buried, Har, I make me-self laugh. Actually, it was a little slow at times, but nothing a good swig of ale wouldn't cure, or a trip on the open sea. The wee little wench who played the maid was very cute and the old sea dog who played Umberto was pretty good, but the Pirates of Penzance it ain't, me heartys.
Next Up: Grave of the Fireflies, A jim lad and a wee lass fight to survive in war torn Japan, and by the way, you scaliwag, this is why I am talking like this.
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2 comments:
You should talk like this all the time! Though it frightened me to see you type out "wench" and you said something about drinking ale? Oh, that was acting....I got it. LOL
Arrr, what is that supposed to mean ye scurvy dog! Be careful there matey or you could find yourself meeting Davy Jones personally, and I don't mean the Monkee. Arrr.
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