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1956 film

Allow Me, Daddy!

Directed by	Mario Bonnard
Written by	Giovanni Grimaldi Ruggero Maccari Fulvio Pazziloro Ettore Scola
Cinematography	Tino Santoni
Music by	Giulio Bonnard
Release date	1956 (1956)
Language	Italian

Allow Me, Daddy! (Italian: Mi permette, babbo!) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard.

Plot

Rodolfo, a young man with the ambitions of an opera singer in the bass register, does not work, gets up at midday and lives on the shoulders of his butchers in-laws, who keep his singing studies with a profiteer teacher. Finally, he is cornered by his father-in-law, who expects him to work, as a singer or with any other occupation. The teacher, for fear of losing the profit, arranges for Rodolfo to be hired for just one evening in the small part of Doctor Grenvil in La traviata.

Rodolfo, after having created problems in the rehearsals, executes, in general disapproval, the phrase "Consumption does not grant her but a few hours" lowering it by an octave, reaching low C, and furthermore, advancing to the proscenium while the curtain falls. He closes behind him, sings the phrase: «It's off!», not foreseen since, although present in the score, it is traditionally omitted. Everything happens: the other performers, the conductor and the theater director are indignant, while family and friends believe that he has been a great success. He will continue to study singing with the usual teacher, resuming life as always.

Cast

Aldo Fabrizi: Alessandro Biagi
Alberto Sordi: Rodolfo Nardi
Gina Amendola [it]: Sora Mimma
Marisa de Leza: Marina Biagi
Sergio Raimondi: Tullio Biagi
Franco Silva: Gigi Biagi
Rita Giannuzzi [it]: Elisa
Turi Pandolfini: Granpa Giuseppe
Achille Majeroni: Edmondo D'Aragona
Pina Bottin: Rosa
Riccardo Billi: Romoletto
Paola Borboni: Madame Sonia Varonowska
Elly Parvo: Fasòli
Renato Navarrini: Manfredi
Mario Passante [it]: Director of the theatre
Nerio Bernardi: Enzo Bernard
Mino Doro: Santini
Zoe Incrocci: Client
Giulio Neri: Himself
Rosanna Carteri: Herself
Afro Poli: Himself

References

Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini. Il Morandini: Dizionario dei film, 2006. Zanichelli, 2005. ISBN 8808327108.

External links

Allow Me, Daddy! at IMDb

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Films directed by Mario Bonnard

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