Ante Up (film)

Ante Up (Italian: Il piatto piange) is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Nuzzi. It is based on a novel by Piero Chiara. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Ante Up
DVD cover
Directed by	Paolo Nuzzi
Written by	Paolo Nuzzi Piero Chiara Maria Pia Sollima
Produced by	Leo Pescarolo
Starring	Aldo Maccione
Cinematography	Arturo Zavattini
Edited by	Antonio Siciliano
Music by	Franco Micalizzi
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	14 November 1974 (1974-11-14)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

During the Mussolini era some young people meet frequently. They exchange stories about recent events while playing cards. Between their meetings they have different kinds of adventures.

Cast

• Aldo Maccione - Camola
• Agostina Belli - Ines
• Andréa Ferréol - Lirica, the singer
• Erminio Macario - Brovelli, the fool (as Macario)
• Renato Pinciroli [it] - Rimediotti
• Franco Diogene - Peppino, the barber
• Claudio Gora - the doctor
• Guido Leontini - Spreafico
• Armando Brancia - Giuseppe Migliavacca
• Daniele Vargas - the lawyer
• Maria Antonietta Beluzzi - Mamma Rosa
• Alessandra Cardini - (as Sandra Cardini)
• Nazzareno Natale - Bertinelli, the groom
• Giuseppe Maffioli - Venezia
• Bernard Blier - the priest
• Angelo Pellegrino [it] - the photographer