Guaglio

Name: Guaglio
Director: Luigi Comencini
Released: 1948
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Adolfo Celi, Tina Pica, Mario Russo, Luigi Dermasti, Clemente De Michele

1948 · 80 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 88 VOTES · DIR. Luigi Comencini

Overview

On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he realizes how miserable the city of Naples is. Then he decides that his mission is there in Naples, He creates his 'The Boys' Town' a shelter for poor kids, aka the 'scugnizzi' (street urchins), with a view to putting them back on the right track. Some of the kids, though, do not play by the rules just using that 'home' as a convenient place for hiding the product of their thefts...

Dialogue Timeline — 902 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 THIEVING FORBIDDEN

00:04:18 I'm at your service. The name is Totonno, and I'm at the Speranzella.

00:07:12 I'm a missionary. - Pull his beard! - He's a false priest!

00:09:56 Peppino, what are we doing? - Go on, and keep quiet.

00:12:48 Are you taking your stuff, or not? - I saw him at the station.

00:15:38 appeared to me like a sign from the Providence.

00:18:14 Thank you, what is it? - It's a magic lantern.

00:21:25 Here they are!

00:24:38 See? Faces of gentlemen.

00:28:51 Goodnight.

00:32:06 Will you stay here with me or not? - What does he want?

00:36:56 Come on, boys.

00:41:15 Got it? - Yeah! Hold still! - Is the water ready?

00:44:31 And who isn't interested in abandoned children? Come and visit us.

00:47:08 the head of the newspaper will write me a nice article, and...

00:50:47 And there's also those two bandages yesterday. - Alright, come on.

00:55:26 Oh, my goodness! - Let me give you a hand, Miss.

00:59:46 Lucia, what's going on? - Totonno is here, come on.

01:02:17 A load of money! Tonight he's running away and I'm going with him.

01:05:41 Edoardo! - Father! - Boys, what's going on?

01:08:20 What will we give Totonno now?

01:11:57 My mother gave so much stuff... - Did the boys paint all this?

01:14:27 While he was working, San Gennaro had him find them underground...

01:17:02 It was he who created this illusion. He wasn't even afraid of his companions.

Cast & Characters

Adolfo Celi Don Pietro Tina Pica Maddalena, la cuoca Mario Russo Peppinello Luigi Dermasti Ciccillo Clemente De Michele Totonno Carlo Della Posta Conte Carlo Barbieri Vescovo Ettore Mattia Commissario Antonio Cirelli Eduardo Giovanni Rinaldi Peppino

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed902

Dialogue density11.3 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:17:02

Production Record

DirectorLuigi Comencini

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes88