My Darling, My Dearest (Bello mio, bellezza mia)

Overview

Gennarino Laganà is a poor Sicilian who struggles with menial jobs to support his family, while his parents pressure him to seek his fortune in the North. Gennarino would never leave his beloved island if he had not stumbled into a love affair with Donna Egeria, wife of the Mafia boss Don Mimì. To escape certain revenge, he boards a goods train. In a dream, Saint Totino appears to him and promises him protection in exchange for a regulated life. He thus arrives in Milan, where he meets Armida, a woman of the streets, who takes him into her home and makes him her protector and lover. But San Totino appears again to Gennarino and reproaches him for being a kept man: he must work and Armida must change her life. 

Key Crew

Top Cast

Giancarlo Giannini

Gennarino Laganà

Mariangela Melato

Armida

Stefania Sandrelli

Clarabella

Massimo Mollica

Pappalucerna

Cecilia Polizzi

Donna Egeria

Sal Borgese

Cicciuzzo (as Sal Borgese)

Giuliana Calandra

Zuava

Enzo Liberti

Commendatore