Grog (film)
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| Directed by | Francesco Laudadio |
| Written by | Francesco Laudadio Silvia Napolitano |
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| Cinematography | Giuseppe Maccari |
| Edited by | Gino Bartolini |
| Music by | Paolo Conte Jimmy Fontana Lilli Greco |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Grog is a 1982 Italian comedy-drama film. For this film the director Francesco Laudadio was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best New Director.[1]
Cast
- Franco Nero as Nicola Fanelli
- Omero Antonutti as Lawyer Enrico Manzi
- Sandra Milo as Vittoria De Rossi
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Professor Alberto De Rossi
- Christian De Sica as TV Stella presenter
- Claudio Cassinelli as Police Commissioner Mazzanti
- Eros Pagni as Sandro Galli
- Franco Javarone as Pasquale Dicillo
- Cristina S. Pascual as Lola
- Lunetta Savino as Elena De Rossi
- Donatella Damiani as Patrizia
- Renato Scarpa
- Marina Confalone
- Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Injured Man
- Michele Mirabella as Gino Baldello
Reception
Italian critic Tullio Kezich described the film as an Italian version of William Wyler's The Desperate Hours "with performers well-suited to their roles [...] and some genuinely enjoyable moments", criticizing how "the moralizing tone ends up overshadowing the humor".[2]