Saluti e baci
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Saluti e baci is a Franco
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-Italian
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 comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Labro and Giorgio Simonelli and released in 1953.

Synopsis

In a village in Italy, a radio presenter, Carlo Mastelli, loses his hearing, and passes the microphone to Marina, the young teacher, who suggests launching an appeal whereby all listeners send postcards from their country to Tonino, a young student in danger. Artists and celebrities, mostly from Italy and France, take part in the appeal, and a number respond, which at the same time boosts the show's ratings, and brings great happiness to Carlo.

Commentary

Saluti e baci or Love and Kisses, is a film which deals with charity appeals a long time before the humanitarian appeals of Band Aid
Band Aid (band)
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 or Chanteurs Sans Frontières of the 1980s
1980s
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. In the film, a group of singers get together en masse to help those less fortunate than themselves, something which would later be seen in the Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés , is the name given to the singers and performers in the yearly charity concert for the Restaurants du Cœur .-History:...

 who formed Les Restos du Cœur.

Details

  • French title : La Route du bonheur
  • Italian title: Saluti e baci
  • Director : Maurice Labro, Giorgio Simonelli
  • Writer : Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli
  • Script: Jacques Emmanuel, Edoardo Anton
  • Music : Pipo Barzizza, Francis Lopez
  • Directors of photography: Roger Dormoy, Carlo Montuori
  • Cameraman: Jacques Robin
  • Sound engineer: Jean Bertrand
  • Decorators : Paul-Louis Boutié, Alberto Boccianti
  • Costumes : Robert Isnardon, Nino Baragli
  • Country of origin: France
    France
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    , Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

  • Studio: Cinecittà
    Cinecittà
    Cinecittà is a large film studio in Rome that is considered the hub of Italian cinema.-History:The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini and his head of cinema Luigi Freddi for propaganda purposes, under the slogan "Il cinema è l'arma più forte"...

     (Rome
    Rome
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    )
  • Release date: 1952
    1952 in film
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  • Language : Italian
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  • Producers: Clément Duhour, Silvio Clementelli
  • Production directors: Clément Duhour, Pietro Bigerna
  • Production companies: Courts et Longs Métrages (France
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    ), Athena Cinematografica (Italy
    Italy
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    )
  • Distributors: Athena Cinematografica, Cocinor
  • Format : Black and white — 1.37:1
    Aspect ratio
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     — Monophonic sound
    Monaural
    Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or channels are fed from a common signal path...

     — 35 mm
  • Genre : Comedy drama, film musical
  • Length: 92 minutes
  • Release dates:
    • 14 August 1953
      1953 in film
      The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...

       in Italy
      Italy
      Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

    • 4 September 1953
      1953 in film
      The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...

       in France
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  • Starring

    • Philippe Lemaire : Carlo Mastelli
    • Catherine Érard : Marina, l’institutrice
    • Clément Duhour : le docteur de Blaize
    • Christian Duvaleix : l’huissier Pellegrino
    • Arturo Bragaglia : Salvatore, le facteur
    • Enzo Biliotti : l’inspecteur général
    • Natale Cirino : le maire
    • Fara Libassi : la grand-mère de Tonino
    • Anna Mancini : la fiancée de Teddy Reno
    • Nino Pepe : un fan de Nilla Pizzi
    • Jacques Verlier : Mario
    • Jean-Pierre Cassel
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