Fear and Sand

Fear and Sand
Fear and Sand
	Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Steno; Marcello Marchesi
Produced by	Metropa Film
Starring	Totò; Isa Barzizza
Cinematography	Vincenzo Seratrice
Edited by	Giuliana Attenni
Music by	Pippo Barzizza
Distributed by	Titanus Film
Release date	1948;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Fear and Sand (Italian: Fifa e arena) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.^[1] The title makes reference to the 1941 Hollywood film Blood and Sand and its 1908 source novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Plot

Nicolino is a kitchen boy who works in a small pharmacy in the country, run by a woman unbearably rude. So Nicolino really wants to leave his job, when he discovers that you are looking for a murderess with the same face to his. Nicolino so disguises himself as a woman and flees with the first plane is: leave for Sevilla. In Spain Nicolino is always found involved in misunderstandings and terrible mess because it is always considered a murderess until he runs into some people who mistake him for a famous bullfighter ready for his next battle against the bull to be held in bullfight in a few rounds. Nicolino in spite of being trained and prepared for the race and also falls in love with the beautiful Patricia, who encourages him to fight. Nicolino is wittily nicknamed "Nicolete" and is faced with the bull but it breaks down. In the hospital Nicolete prove their identity and will marry Patricia.

Cast

Totò as Nicolino Capece
Isa Barzizza as Patricia Cotten
Mario Castellani as Cast
Franca Marzi as Carmen
Giulio Marchetti as Paquito
Cesare Polacco as Banderillero
Vinicio Sofia as Paquito's manager
Ada Dondini as Mrs. Adele
Luigi Pavese as Doctor
Galeazzo Benti as George
Raimondo Vianello as Maître
Alda Mangini as Lady on train
Ughetto Bertucci as Chauffeur
Enzo Turco as Shoeshiner's customer

References

^ "New York Times: Faces of Children". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2008.

Bibliography

Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.

External links

Fifa e arena at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] "New York Times: Faces of Children". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2008.

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