Born Winner (Italian: L'ultima volta, lit. 'The last time') is a 1976 Italian crime drama film directed by Aldo Lado.[1][2]
Plot
Cast
- Massimo Ranieri as Sandro
- Joe D'Alessandro as Pericle
- Eleonora Giorgi as Marzia
- Marisa Mell as Giusi
- Pino Colizzi as the bank director
- Giancarlo Badessi as the head pastry chef
Production
The film initially had the working title Una leggera euforia ('A slight euphoria'), and was conceived as a Flavio Bucci vehicle.[2]
Reception
The film historian Eugenio Ercolani described the film as "a sort of homemade, underclass version of Jules et Jim (1962), a Midnight Cowboy (1969) out of tune and off-axis, even if revitalized by the strange duo composed of Joe Dallesandro and Massimo Ranieri."[3]
References
- ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). "L'ultima volta". Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese. ISBN 8876059695.
- ^ a b Guerrieri, Mirko (2019). "L'ultima volta. Una (im)perfetta favola neorealista". Inland. 9. Bietti.
- ^ Ercolani, Eugenio (16 August 2023). Darkening the Italian Screen II: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1970s. McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4766-9036-0.
External links
- Born Winner at IMDb
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