What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution?

What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution?
(Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione?)
What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution?; (Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione?)
	Italian film poster
Directed by	Sergio Corbucci
Screenplay by	Massimo Franciosa; Sabatino Ciuffini; Sergio Corbucci
Story by	Sergio Corbucci
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Vittorio Gassman; Paolo Villaggio
Cinematography	Alejandro Ullola
Edited by	Eugenio Alabisio
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; companies	Fair Film; Midega Films
Distributed by	Dear Film
Release date	19 December 1972;
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	Italy; Spain
Language	Italian

What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (Italian: Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione?, also known as ¡Qué nos importa la revolución!) is a 1972 Spaghetti Western comedy film.

The title should be understood, according to the director Sergio Corbucci, as "What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Western Cinema?".^[1] It is the final chapter of the Corbucci's trilogy about the Mexican revolution, after The Mercenary and Compañeros.^[1]^[2] The film mixes comedy and political apologue.^[3]

Plot

Padre Don Albino Moncalieri and his nemesis Guido Guidi are, by a series of accidents involved in the Mexican revolution. The theatre company of Guido Guidi is hired by a certain Peppino Garibaldi, who seems to be a relative of famous Giuseppe Garibaldi. On tour throughout Mexico they get by accident entangled in revolutionary activities and experience the fog of war.

Cast

Vittorio Gassman as Guido Guidi
Paolo Villaggio as Don Albino Moncalieri
Riccardo Garrone as Peppino Garibaldi
Eduardo Fajardo as Herrero
Rosanna Yanni as Rosanna
Leo Anchóriz as Carrasco

Reception

A quite negative retrospective review states: "Sergio Corbucci directed some of the best serious Spaghetti Westerns ever made and some of the best focused on the Mexican revolution (Compañeros and The Mercenary).But when he tried his hand at Spaghetti comedy, the result was often an overlong bore. That was the case with Sonny and Jed and that’s the case here.Gassman overacts badly as the star of the show. Villaggio is a bit more loveable, but not loveable enough to build a film around."^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Franca Faldini, Goffredo Fofi. L'Avventurosa storia del cinema italiano raccontata dai suoi protagonisti, 1960-1969. Feltrinelli, 1981. pp. 310–313.
^ "Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione". spaghetti-western.net. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
^ Antonio Bruschini (1998). Western all'italiana: The specialists. Glittering images. p. 62. ISBN 88-8275-034-5.
^ "What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (1972) - Once Upon a Time in a Western". Retrieved 2023-04-24.

External links

What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? at IMDb

[avven-1] Franca Faldini, Goffredo Fofi. L'Avventurosa storia del cinema italiano raccontata dai suoi protagonisti, 1960-1969. Feltrinelli, 1981. pp. 310–313.

[2] "Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione". spaghetti-western.net. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

[3] Antonio Bruschini (1998). Western all'italiana: The specialists. Glittering images. p. 62. ISBN 88-8275-034-5.

[4] "What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (1972) - Once Upon a Time in a Western". Retrieved 2023-04-24.

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