Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
Comedy · Drama
Overview
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
- Rosanna Schiaffino as Anna Maria (segment "Illibatezza")
- Bruce Balaban as Joe (segment "Illibatezza")
- Maria Pia Schiaffino as Air Hostess (segment "Illibatezza")
- Jean-Marc Bory as Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
- Alexandra Stewart as Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
- Orson Welles as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
- Mario Cipriani as Stracci (segment "La ricotta")
- Laura Betti as Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
- Edmonda Aldini as Another Diva (segment "La ricotta")
- Ettore Garofolo as Ettore, the Angel (segment "La ricotta")