Paris, My Love

Paris, My Love (1962)


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7.5

Summary

Parigi O Cara is probably the most camp in the history of Italian cinema, certainly a favourite with the GLBT community who quote its lines by heart. Unique as it's the only film where Franca Valeri (now 90) is the unquestioned star, in the role of Delia, a snobbish, stingy prostitute who is moving to Paris looking for greener and more lucrative pastures. An anti-neorealist, amoral, almost abstract comedy, which anticipates Almodóvar, a ferocious, though gentle, non-moralistic portrayal of the 60's boom and its broken dreams. The dialogue between Delia and her brother (played by Fiorenzo Fiorentini), when he does (or does not) tell her he is a homosexual, is memorable, a primordial coming-out, a masterpiece of allusions. But what makes it one of the first examples of a film with a "gay point of view" is the approach: perceptive, non-conformist, caustically witty. A film ahead of its times, still unbeaten.

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Editing Nino Baragli Editor
Writing Vittorio Caprioli Screenplay
Directing Vittorio Caprioli Director
Writing Vittorio Caprioli Story
Camera Carlo Di Palma Director of Photography
Sound Fiorenzo Carpi Original Music Composer
Directing Philippe Collin First Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Maria Teresa Corridoni Hairstylist
Directing Nando Cicero First Assistant Director
Camera Alberto Spagnoli Assistant Camera
Writing Franca Valeri Screenplay
Writing Renato Mainardi Screenplay
Camera Dario Di Palma Camera Operator
Art Giulio Coltellacci Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Giulio Coltellacci Costume Design
Production Vittorio Musy Glori Line Producer
Writing Silvana Ottieri Screenplay
Production Alessandro Jacovoni Producer
Costume & Make-Up Goffredo Rocchetti Makeup Artist
Production Roberto Moretti Production Manager
Directing Vanda Tuzzi Script Supervisor
Sound Ferdinando Pescetelli Sound
Production Alberto Giommarelli Production Manager
Camera Franco Romagnoli Key Grip
Lighting Elmiro Rubeo Gaffer
Sound Alvaro Girolimotti Boom Operator