Paris, My Love 1962
Paris, My Love
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.
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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Full Cast & Crew... Delia Nesti
... Avallone
... Claudio Nesti
... Grazia
... Antonio
... La Française
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Release Date:
Dec 05, 1962 (Italy)
Run Time:
1hr 46`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Italian
Production Countries:
Italy
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Paris, My Love - Paris, My Love
Directors & Credit Writers
... First Assistant Director
... First Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... Delia Nesti
... Avallone
... Claudio Nesti
... Grazia
... Antonio
... La Française
NF
Nunzia Fumo... Elvira
... Il Portinaio
GG
Greta Gonda...
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Produced By
... Producer
... Production Manager
... Line Producer