Eye of the Cat (1975 film)

Eye of the Cat (Italian: Attenti al buffone) is a 1975 Italian comedy film written and directed by Alberto Bevilacqua.

Eye of the Cat
Directed by	Alberto Bevilacqua
Written by	Alberto Bevilacqua Nino Manfredi
Starring	Nino Manfredi Mariangela Melato Eli Wallach Enzo Cannavale
Cinematography	Alfio Contini
Music by	Ennio Morricone Clément Janequin
Release date	1975 (1975)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Nino Manfredi as Marcello Ferrari
• Mariangela Melato as Giulia
• Eli Wallach as Cesare (voice of Sergio Fiorentini)
• Enzo Cannavale as Lolo
• Francisco Rabal as the priest (voice of Luciano De Ambrosis)
• Mario Scaccia as Salomone
• Adriana Innocenti as Jolanda
• Franco Scandurra as The Butler (voice of Giorgio Piazza)
• Ettore Manni as Cesare's friend
• Erika Blanc as Margot
• Cristina Gaioni as a prostitute
• Loredana Bertè as a prostitute

Plot

Ras (Eli Wallach) is a ruler or dictator who covets another man's wife (Mariangela Melato) as his own. He gets what he wants, but Ras wants more: in this case, to humiliate Marcello (Nino Manfredi), a dedicated musician whose life he has already ruined by leaving his cat and taking his wife. He forces Marcello to seek an annulment to his marriage through the Vatican. Ras gets everything, but Marcello's wife, Giulia, and Marcello have other ideas.

Awards

David di Donatello 1976 - Best Screenplay^[1]