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Pasquale Festa Campanile

パスクァーレ・フェスタ・カンパニーレ

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-07-28 （Melfi, Kingdom of Italy）
Died
1986-02-25 （Rome, Italy） age 58
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Melfi (birthplace) → Rome (moved there at a young age)

Career

Occupations
Screenwriter, Film director, Novelist
Active Years
1949-1984

Awards

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay
1958
Organization: Cannes Film Festival
Result: 受賞
Bancarella Prize
1986
Organization: Premio Bancarella
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La nonna Sabella

1957 Novel

A satirical novel about family and provincial society. Later adapted by Dino Risi into the film 'Oh! Sabella'.

familyprovincial societyhumor and satire
Adaptations
  • [Film] Oh! Sabella / Dino Risi (1957)

Conviene far bene l'amore

1975 Novel

A humorous and lighthearted novel dealing with sex and love, reflecting moods of 1970s Italian society.

sexlovesocial satire

Il merlo maschio

1971 Comedy film (directed)

A comedic film exemplifying the 'commedia all'italiana' style, and one of his representative directorial works.

comedysex and relationshipssocial satire

Bingo Bongo

1982 Comedy film (directed)

A comedy starring Adriano Celentano that humorously treats themes of cultural contact and social critique.

civilization and cultural contacthumorsocial critique

Bibliography

  • La nonna Sabella (1957)
  • Conviene far bene l'amore (1975)
  • Il ladrone (1977)
  • Il peccato (1980)
  • La ragazza di Trieste (1982)
  • Per amore, solo per amore (1984)
  • La strega innamorata (1985)
  • Buon Natale, buon anno (1986)
  • La felicità è una cosa magnifica (2017)

Adaptations

  • La nonna Sabella → film 'Oh! Sabella' (dir. Dino Risi, 1957)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
light, satirical narrative voicesocial satire rooted in commedia all'italiana
Recurring Motifs
sex and lovefamily and provincial lifecontradictions and comic aspects of Italian society

Health

  • Kidney tumor
    晩年
    Affected his health in later years; he died in Rome in 1986

Legacy

Pasquale Festa Campanile was a prominent screenwriter, director and novelist representative of 'commedia all'italiana', leaving a mark on Italian cinema and literature from the 1950s to the 1980s. He is noted for his diverse films and for bridging literature and film through adaptations.

Trivia

  • His novel 'La nonna Sabella' was adapted by Dino Risi into the internationally known film 'Oh! Sabella'.
  • He was a winner of the Cannes Best Screenplay award in 1958 (shared with Massimo Franciosa and Pier Paolo Pasolini).
  • He received the Bancarella Prize in 1986.