Antonio de Curtis, known as Totò,
has embodied the sublime character with tailcoat, a bowler
hat and irregular features.
At times melancholic, yet with shootfrom-the-hip lines, but
never disrespectful or foulmouthed.
Snubbed by the critics and loved by the audience, that's the
story of his life.
His movies have brought to the screen centuries of famine
and misery suffered by the Neapolitan population.
The few chances he had to prove himself unique, still are
to this day, rare gems in Italian filmmaking history.
Over 300 pages of portraits and pictures from the various
sets (and unusual private pictures of Prince de Curtis at
home in Rome).
An unsparing and meticulous account of a life lived to make
people smile. |
