Paris, My Love (1962)
Paris, My Love (1962)
Parigi O Cara is probably the most camp in the history of Italian cinema, certainly a favourite with the GLBT community who quote its lines by heart. Unique as it's the only film where Franca Valeri (now 90) is the unquestioned star, in the role of Delia, a snobbish, stingy prostitute who is moving to Paris looking for greener and more lucrative pastures. An anti-neorealist, amoral, almost abstract comedy, which anticipates Almodóvar, a ferocious, though gentle, non-moralistic portrayal of the 60's boom and its broken dreams. The dialogue between Delia and her brother (played by Fiorenzo Fiorentini), when he does (or does not) tell her he is a homosexual, is memorable, a primordial coming-out, a masterpiece of allusions. But what makes it one of the first examples of a film with a "gay point of view" is the approach: perceptive, non-conformist, caustically witty. A film ahead of its times, still unbeaten.

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Cast

Franca Valeri Franca Valeri As: Delia Nesti
Vittorio Caprioli Vittorio Caprioli As: Avallone
Fiorenzo Fiorentini Fiorenzo Fiorentini As: Claudio Nesti
Margherita Girelli Margherita Girelli As: Grazia
Antonio Battistella Antonio Battistella As: Antonio
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Parigi O Cara is probably the most camp in the history of Italian cinema, certainly a favourite with the GLBT community who quote its lines by heart. Unique as it's the only film where Franca Valeri (now 90) is the unquestioned star, in the role of Delia, a snobbish, stingy prostitute who is moving to Paris looking for greener and more lucrative pastures. An anti-neorealist, amoral, almost abstract comedy, which anticipates Almodóvar, a ferocious, though gentle, non-moralistic portrayal of the 60's boom and its broken dreams. The dialogue between Delia and her brother (played by Fiorenzo Fiorentini), when he does (or does not) tell her he is a homosexual, is memorable, a primordial coming-out, a masterpiece of allusions. But what makes it one of the first examples of a film with a "gay point of view" is the approach: perceptive, non-conformist, caustically witty. A film ahead of its times, still unbeaten.


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Details

Genres: Comedy

Language: Italiano

Release Date: 05 December 1962

Country: IT

Runtime: 106m

Company Credits

Company: Ajace Produzioni Cinematografiche

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Cast

Directed By

Vittorio Caprioli

Vittorio Caprioli

Director

Vanda Tuzzi

Vanda Tuzzi

Script Supervisor

Philippe Collin

Philippe Collin

First Assistant Director

Nando Cicero

Nando Cicero

First Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Alessandro Jacovoni

Alessandro Jacovoni

Producer

Alberto Giommarelli

Alberto Giommarelli

Production Manager

Vittorio Musy Glori

Vittorio Musy Glori

Line Producer

Roberto Moretti

Roberto Moretti

Production Manager

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Sound

Ferdinando Pescetelli

Ferdinando Pescetelli

Sound

Fiorenzo Carpi

Fiorenzo Carpi

Original Music Composer

Alvaro Girolimotti

Alvaro Girolimotti

Boom Operator

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Carlo Di Palma

Carlo Di Palma

Director of Photography

Franco Romagnoli

Franco Romagnoli

Key Grip

Alberto Spagnoli

Alberto Spagnoli

Assistant Camera

Dario Di Palma

Dario Di Palma

Camera Operator

Lighting

Art Department

Giulio Coltellacci

Giulio Coltellacci

Production Design

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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