I picari (1987)
The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
- Date of release
- 1987-12-18
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (33)
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Mario Monicelli
Casting
- Giancarlo Giannini — Guzmán de Alfarache
- Enrico Montesano — Lazarillo de Tormes
- Vittorio Gassman — Marquis Felipe de Aragona
- Nino Manfredi — The blind wanderer
- Giuliana De Sio — Rosario, the prostitute
- Bernard Blier — The exploiter of prostitutes
- Paolo Hendel — The tutor
- Vittorio Caprioli — mozzafiato
- Enzo Robutti — The captain of the ship
- Blanca Marsillach — Ponzia
- María Casanova — The pregnant woman
- Juan Carlos Naya — The pottery seller
Interesting facts
I picari, internationally released as The Rogues, is a 1987 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It is freely inspired by the Spanish novels Lazarillo de Tormes and Guzman de Alfarache.
Production
The film was first announced on February 1986. Marcello Mastroianni and Ornella Muti were initially rumored to be part of the cast. Principal cinematography started on April 1987.
It was filmed between Sicily and Spain. It had a budget of about 7 billion lire.
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