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1976 Italian film

Strange Occasion

Directed by	Luigi Comencini Nanni Loy Luigi Magni
Written by	Sergio Corbucci Leo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Rodolfo Sonego
Produced by	Fausto Saraceni
Starring	Nino Manfredi Stefania Sandrelli Alberto Sordi Paolo Villaggio
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Nino Baragli Ruggero Mastroianni Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Cineriz
Release date	23 December 1976 (1976-12-23)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Quelle strane occasioni, internationally released as Strange Occasion, is a 1976 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Luigi Magni. Loy didn't accept to sign his segment, Italian Superman, that results directed by "Anonimo" (Anonymous).

Plot

First segment

Giobatta and Piera are a couple of Italian immigrants in the Netherlands, who barely earn a living selling castagnaccio to the locals. While checking his pockets during a night robbery, some muggers discover Giobatta is well-endowed and take him to the owner of a nightclub, who forcibly hires him as a live sex performer, unbeknownst to Piera. While the profits improve the couple's livelihood, their sexual life suffers. When Piera finds out about Giobatta's moonlighting, she allows him to continue on the condition that she be the female performer. Seeing as Giobatta is too shy to perform with Piera in public, the nightclub owner demotes him to doorman and hires another male performer for Piera.

Second segment

When Antonio's wife and daughter go on holiday, Cristina, a Swedish girl, knocks on his door. The two fall in love and have sex. The day after, Cristina, believing that Antonio has a very clear conception of sex, tells him that his wife had sex with her father.

Third segment

In Rome, a bishop: Ascanio, is stuck in the elevator of a building with a beautiful woman. The bishop was going to see his mistress, but now he is stuck, and then Ascanio goes having a chat with the woman about sexual matters, expressing all his indignation at the manner in which the Italians of that time approach to sex. The woman manifests sound moral principles; but at the end, when the elevator is unlocked, the contradictions of the two characters are shown.

Cast

Paolo Villaggio: Giobatta
Nino Manfredi: Antonio Pecoraro
Alberto Sordi: Mons. Ascanio La Costa
Stefania Sandrelli: Donatella
Olga Karlatos: Giovanna
Beba Lončar: Vedova Adami
Valeria Moriconi: Giobatta's wife
Jinny Steffan: Cristina

References

Giacovelli, Enrico (1995). La commedia all'italiana. Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-8876058738.

External links

Strange Occasion at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Luigi Comencini
Hey Boy (1948) The Emperor of Capri (1949) Behind Closed Shutters (1951) Heidi (1952) Girls Marked Danger (1953) La valigia dei sogni (1953) Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954) The Belle of Rome (1955) The Window to Luna Park (1957) Husbands in the City (1957) Mogli pericolose (1958) Le sorprese dell'amore (1959) And That on Monday Morning (1959) Everybody Go Home (1960) On the Tiger's Back (1961) The Police Commissioner (1962) Bebo's Girl (1963) Three Nights of Love (1964) My Wife (1964) Don Camillo in Moscow (1965) Six Days a Week (1965) Le bambole (1965) Incompreso (1966) Italian Secret Service (1968) Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) Senza sapere niente di lei (1969) The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) The Scientific Cardplayer (1973) Somewhere Beyond Love (1974) Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974) The Sunday Woman (1975) Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976) Strange Occasion (1976) Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) The Cat (1977) Traffic Jam (1978) Eugenio (1980) Cercasi Gesù (1982) Cuore (1984) La Storia (1986) A Boy from Calabria (1987) La Bohème (1988) Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989) Marcellino (1992)

Films directed by Luigi Comencini

Hey Boy (1948)
The Emperor of Capri (1949)
Behind Closed Shutters (1951)
Heidi (1952)
Girls Marked Danger (1953)
La valigia dei sogni (1953)
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954)
The Belle of Rome (1955)
The Window to Luna Park (1957)
Husbands in the City (1957)
Mogli pericolose (1958)
Le sorprese dell'amore (1959)
And That on Monday Morning (1959)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
On the Tiger's Back (1961)
The Police Commissioner (1962)
Bebo's Girl (1963)
Three Nights of Love (1964)
My Wife (1964)
Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
Six Days a Week (1965)
Le bambole (1965)
Incompreso (1966)
Italian Secret Service (1968)
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
Senza sapere niente di lei (1969)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
The Scientific Cardplayer (1973)
Somewhere Beyond Love (1974)
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
The Sunday Woman (1975)
Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
Strange Occasion (1976)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
The Cat (1977)
Traffic Jam (1978)
Eugenio (1980)
Cercasi Gesù (1982)
Cuore (1984)
La Storia (1986)
A Boy from Calabria (1987)
La Bohème (1988)
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)
Marcellino (1992)

v t e Films directed by Nanni Loy
Parola di ladro (1957) Il marito (1957) Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1960) A Day for Lionhearts (1961) The Four Days of Naples (1962) Made in Italy (1965) The Head of the Family (1969) Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970) In Prison Awaiting Trial (1972) Sistemo l'America e torno (1974) Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) Strange Occasion (1976) Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976) Café Express (1980) Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982) Where's Picone? (1983) Amici miei – Atto III (1985) Scugnizzi (1989) Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto (1993)

Films directed by Nanni Loy

Parola di ladro (1957)
Il marito (1957)
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1960)
A Day for Lionhearts (1961)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Made in Italy (1965)
The Head of the Family (1969)
Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970)
In Prison Awaiting Trial (1972)
Sistemo l'America e torno (1974)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
Strange Occasion (1976)
Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
Café Express (1980)
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982)
Where's Picone? (1983)
Amici miei – Atto III (1985)
Scugnizzi (1989)
Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto (1993)

v t e Films directed by Luigi Magni
Faustina (1968) Nell'anno del Signore (1969) Scipio the African (1971) La Tosca (1973) La via dei babbuini (1974) Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976) Strange Occasion (1976) In the Name of the Pope King (1977) Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1977) Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980) State buoni se potete (1983) Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987) 'O Re (1989) In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990) Nemici d'infanzia (1995) La Carbonara (2000)

Films directed by Luigi Magni

Faustina (1968)
Nell'anno del Signore (1969)
Scipio the African (1971)
La Tosca (1973)
La via dei babbuini (1974)
Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
Strange Occasion (1976)
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1977)
Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
State buoni se potete (1983)
Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
'O Re (1989)
In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990)
Nemici d'infanzia (1995)
La Carbonara (2000)

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