Roma Bene is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani and starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger.
Plot The classic scene of the upper middle-class in Rome: a duchess, the industrial husband and the many apparently respectable characters. It is actually a parade of dingy types: the Baron is a jewel thief, among the others there are social climbers, unscrupulous nobles who staged fake kidnappings and extortion attempts, and even a wife who comes to commission the murder of the ship-owner husband. The fate of these people will be the same: death at sea, but their misdeeds instead will remain unaddressed and an overzealous police commissioner will be promoted and transferred.
Cast
Nino Manfredi as Police Commissioner Quintilio Tartamella Philippe Leroy as Giorgio Santi Virna Lisi as Duchess Silvia Santi Mario Feliciani as Teo Teopulos Irene Papas as Elena Teopulos Evi Maltagliati as Elena's mother Umberto Orsini as Prince Rubio Marescalli Senta Berger as Princess Dedé Marescalli Franco Fabrizi as Nino Rappi Michèle Mercier as Wilma Rappi Vittorio Caprioli as Baron Maurizio De Vittis Gastone Moschin as Monsignore Vittorio Sanipoli as the Chief of Police Annabella Incontrera as the lesbian lover Enzo Cannavale as Agent Tognon Peter Baldwin as Michele Vismara George Wang as Che-Fang Gigi Ballista as Vitozzi Minnie Minoprio as Minnie Ely Galleani as Vivi Santi
Production Lizzani got the inspiration for the film from the Casati Stampa murders. Principal cinematography started in Rome on March 1971.
Reception The film was a major success, grossing about 1,8 billion lire at the Italian box office.
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