Born Winner

Born Winner (Italian: L'ultima volta, lit. 'The last time') is a 1976 Italian crime drama film directed by Aldo Lado.^[1][2]

Born Winner
Directed by	Aldo Lado
Written by	Stefano Calanchi Luigi Collo
Produced by	Pino Buricchi
Starring	Massimo Ranieri Joe D'Alessandro Eleonora Giorgi Marisa Mell
Cinematography	Cristiano Pogany
Edited by	Alberto Gallitti
Music by	Franco Bixio Fabio Frizzi Vince Tempera
Release date	1976 (1976)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Cast

• Massimo Ranieri as Sandro
• Joe D'Alessandro as Pericle
• Eleonora Giorgi as Marzia
• Marisa Mell as Giusi
• Pino Colizzi as the bank director
• Giancarlo Badessi as the head pastry chef

Production

The film initially had the working title Una leggera euforia ('A slight euphoria'), and was conceived as a Flavio Bucci vehicle.^[2]

Reception

The film historian Eugenio Ercolani described the film as "a sort of homemade, underclass version of Jules et Jim (1962), a Midnight Cowboy (1969) out of tune and off-axis, even if revitalized by the strange duo composed of Joe Dallesandro and Massimo Ranieri."^[3]