La Voglia matta (Crazy Desire) (The Crazy Urge) (1962)
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Crazy Desire (La Voglia Matta) stars Ugo Tognazzi as a middle-aged Italian businessman on a cross country motor trip. He comes across a group of rambunctious teenagers, including sexy Catherine Spaak. Infatuated by the girl, Tognazzi allows Spaak to deplete his pocketbook to pay for a wild seaside… More Crazy Desire (La Voglia Matta) stars Ugo Tognazzi as a middle-aged Italian businessman on a cross country motor trip. He comes across a group of rambunctious teenagers, including sexy Catherine Spaak. Infatuated by the girl, Tognazzi allows Spaak to deplete his pocketbook to pay for a wild seaside spree for herself and her friends. When challenged to a fight by the leader of the kids, Tognazzi, much to his own surprise, wins, and is hailed as "one of the gang." But when he wakes up on the beach the next morning, he's all alone. Alternately wacky and wistful, Crazy Desire was the film that secured the international reputation of Italian director Luciano Salce. From the opening sequence during a amateurish outdoor production of Julius Caesar to the closing seascape shot of the solitary and bemused Ugo Tognazzi, there's hardly a false move in the picture. Crazy Desire was based on Enrico Siella's short story A Girl Named Francesca. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Luciano Salce
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
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Cast
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Ugo Tognazzi
as Antonio Berlinghieri
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Catherine Spaak
as Francesca
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Gianni Garko
as Piero
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Béatrice Altariba
as Silvana
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Franco Giacobini
as Alberghetti
- Fabrizio Capucci
- Margherita Girelli
- Luciano Salce
- Diletta D'Andrea
- Stelvio Rosi
