Ro.Go.Pa.G.

Roberto Rossellini
1963-02-19

Gay Beginnings of the End of the World
7.2
122 min

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life. "Illibatezza" (Rossellini): The hostess Anna Maria, to dissuade an aggressive suitor who prefers maternal tendencies, assumes an unscrupulous attitude, obeying the suggestions of her distant boyfriend. "The New World" (Godard): The deflagration of an atomic bomb causes strange effects on the inhabitants of a city. "La ricotta" (Pasolini): During the filming of a film about a religious subject, the extra Stracci dies hanging on the cross due to an indigestion of ricotta. "Il pollo spante" (Gregoretti): While an expert illustrates to a board of merchants the most modern techniques to increase sales through the discovery of the secret self of the average consumer, the human story of a bourgeois who, following these suggestions, focuses on the purchase of a plot of land in the countryside.

Cast

Name Character Team
Rosanna Schiaffino Anna Maria (segment "Illibatezza") Unowned
Bruce Balaban Joe (segment "Illibatezza") Unowned
Maria Pia Schiaffino Air Hostess (segment "Illibatezza") Unowned
Jean-Marc Bory Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo") Unowned
Alexandra Stewart Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo") Unowned
Orson Welles The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta") Unowned
Mario Cipriani Stracci (segment "La ricotta") Unowned
Laura Betti Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta") Unowned
Edmonda Aldini Another Diva (segment "La ricotta") Unowned
Ettore Garofolo Ettore, the Angel (segment "La ricotta") Unowned
Ugo Tognazzi Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante") Unowned
Lisa Gastoni Togni's Wife (segment "Il pollo ruspante") Unowned
Ricky Tognazzi The Son (segment "Il pollo ruspante") Unowned
Antonella Taito The Daughter (segment "Il pollo ruspante") Unowned
Maria Bernardini Stripteaser (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Umberto Bevilacqua Operaio nella Filmazione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Adele Cambria Woman at Banquet (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Elsa De Giorgi Productor's Wife (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Michel Delahaye (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited) Unowned
Rossana Di Rocco Stracci's Daughter (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Jean-André Fieschi (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited) Unowned
Vittorio La Paglia The Journalist (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
André S. Labarthe (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Lamberto Maggiorani Man in the Tableau-Vivant (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Tomas Milian Centurione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Giovanni Orgitano Operaio nella Filmazione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Franca Pasut Visitor (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Ruggero Rosi Religious Figure (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited) Unowned
Gianrico Tedeschi The Psichiatrist (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited) Unowned
Carlo Zappavigna Anna-Maria's Boyfriend (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited) Unowned