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A Prince Called Toto

2007 · 75 min Documentary Drama History
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Totò, the mythical comedian of Italian stage and screen, was the illegitimate child of a noble man in one of Naples's poorest neighborhoods. As a child, he enlisted in the army simply to eat three square meals a day. Later, his dizzying success in show business brought him riches he had never dreamed of, plus stories of love and jealousy, the most important being with 16 year old Diana who eventually became his wife, only to leave him and inspire the Italian classic torch song Malafemmina, meaning bad woman.

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Original Title Un principe chiamato Totò
Year 2007
Country Italy
Genre Documentary, Drama, History
Director Fabrizio Berrutti
Runtime 75 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a portrait of the comedian by contrasting his public grotesquerie with a deeply hidden personal anguish. It explores how childhood trauma and social inequality forged his unique talent while simultaneously poisoning his private happiness.

What lingers after the credits is not the image of a stage legend, but the shadow of a lonely man whose art was born from wounds that even worldwide fame could not heal. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Fabrizio Berrutti

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