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I Mostri

This two hour film contains no less than twenty different vignettes. Traffic jams, a father passing on to his son the deceitful ways to survive everyday life, punch-drunk ex-fighters, exploitation of a blind man are among the many stories. Vittorio Gassmann and Ugo Tognazzi lead the cast of actors in this film directed by Dino Risi.

Il Gaucho

Gassman plays Mario Ravicchio, a financially-strapped press agent who accompanies an Italian production company on its trip to Buenos Aires to present a film at a festival there. He spends much of his time, when not seducing women, trying to accumulate some money, whether by gambling or attempting to finagle capital from expatriate Italian Marucchelli (Amedeo Nazzari), now a rich industrialist in Argentina. He gets friendship, nice words, but no money. Mario tries to tap another former friend from Rome, Stefano, but the guy turns out to be more impoverished than he is. The man is played by comic actor Nino Manfredi (of BREAD AND CHOCOLATE fame) in a short but magnificently acted supporting role as a down-and-out emigrant who has given up hope of success. The first encounter between Manfredi and Gassman with the exuberant exchange of affection between old friends is a treasure to behold. Italian actress Silvana Pampanini does a nice turn as an over-the-hills actress trying to marry a well-off Argentine who has been courting her for some time.

I MOSTRI (1963)
01. Samoa tamoure (versione con coro) (2:50)
02. Mostri twist (0:55)
03. Mostri blues (1:36)
04. Burlesque (3:40)
05. Mostri allegretto (1:42)
06. Samoa tamoure (titoli) (1:54)
07. Luna park (1:30)
08. La nobile arte (1:34)
09. I quattro cantoni (2:55)
10. Samoa tamoure (ripresa) (0:46)
11. Kriminal mood (3:25)
12. Lullaby for a tramp (2:00)
13. Samoa tamoure (finale) (3:19)

IL GAUCHO (1964)
14. La cumbia de Manuela (versione con coro) (2:02)
15. Arrivo all'aeroporto (4:05)
16. Cumbia tarantella (4:01)
17. Gaucho tango (1:52)
18. Buenos Aires night club (1:36)
19. La cumbia de Manuela (ripresa) (2:01)
20. Tierra del sol (2:53)
21. Lights of B.A. (3:52)
22. Tarantella fuga (1:26)
23. Gaucho tango (#2) (1:57)
24. Cumbia party (1:04)
25. La cumbia de Manuela (finale) (3:56)