LEGS OF GOLD

LEGS OF GOLD

Directed by

Turi Vasile

Year

1958

Genre

Comico, Comedy

Category

Cinema


Synopsis

One of the rare films in which football and Italian cinema happily meet

Totò is fantastic in a complex role that switches between tenderness and cynicism

Although a matter of some national importance, the relationship between football and Italian cinema has always struggled to get going. Apart from a few notable exceptions, with this film being one of them. It is a likeable portrait of provincial Italy that plays with both the ball and our emotions. Above all else, it is the presence of Totò that stands out: while not the protagonist of the film, every time he walks on screen his greatness towers above everyone else. As the president of Cerignola Football Club, he gives a nuanced performance that is a mix of tenderness and gruff stubbornness, generosity and cynicism. A performance remembered by Alberto Sordi when he becomes the President of Borgorosso Football Club.

Baron Luigi Fontana, the president of Cerignola Football Club, wishes to sell two players to a club belonging to an industrialist from Milan. The fact that his daughter is in love with one of them does nothing to soften his resolve. But a national match will change his mind.

One of the rare films in which football and Italian cinema happily meet

Totò is fantastic in a complex role that switches between tenderness and cynicism

Although a matter of some national importance, the relationship between football and Italian cinema has always struggled to get going. Apart from a few notable exceptions, with this film being one of them. It is a likeable portrait of provincial Italy that plays with both the ball and our emotions. Above all else, it is the presence of Totò that stands out: while not the protagonist of the film, every time he walks on screen his greatness towers above everyone else. As the president of Cerignola Football Club, he gives a nuanced performance that is a mix of tenderness and gruff stubbornness, generosity and cynicism. A performance remembered by Alberto Sordi when he becomes the President of Borgorosso Football Club.

Baron Luigi Fontana, the president of Cerignola Football Club, wishes to sell two players to a club belonging to an industrialist from Milan. The fact that his daughter is in love with one of them does nothing to soften his resolve. But a national match will change his mind.


LEGS OF GOLD