''L'ombrellone'' or ''Weekend, Italian Style'' is a 1966 Italian

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term ori ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Dino Risi Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of '' commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an ...

. It was co-produced with

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and

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. The soundtrack is full of Italian Pop songs from the 1960s.

Plot

Ferragosto in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

. Everybody is on holidays on the beach, except Enrico Marletti ( Enrico Maria Salerno), who spends the week working. On the weekends, he drives to

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Arimin ...

to meet his wife Giuliana ( Sandra Milo), but she is living her ''dolce vita'' (sweet life) and her husband is out of place amidst her chic friends.

Cast

* Sandra Milo: Giuliana Marletti * Enrico Maria Salerno: Enrico Marletti * Jean Sorel: Sergio * Daniela Bianchi: Isabella Dominici * Lelio Luttazzi: Conte Antonio Bellanca *

Raffaele Pisu Raffaele Pisu (24 May 1925 – 31 July 2019) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Bologna as Guerrino Pisu into a family of Sardinian origin, Pisu debuted in the drama theater and in 1945 he was one of the founders of th ...

: Pasqualino * Leopoldo Trieste: professor. Ferri *

Trini Alonso Trini Alonso (1923–2000) was a Spanish film actress.Cowie & Elley p.496 Selected filmography * ''Spanish Fantasy'' (1953) * ''Maribel and the Strange Family'' (1960) * ''Tomy's Secret'' (1963) * ''Stop at Tenerife'' (1964) * ''Weekend, Italian ...

: Clelia Valdameri *

Alicia Brandet Alicia may refer to: People * Alicia (given name), list of people with this name * Alisha (singer) (born 1968), US pop singer * Melinda Padovano (born 1987), a professional wrestler, known by her ring name, Alicia Places * Alicia, Bohol, Phil ...

: Vicina di stanza * Véronique Vendell: Giuliana *

Pepe Calvo Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name José (Josep). It is also a surname. * People Mononyms *Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer *Pepe (footballer, born 1983), real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, ...

: Mr. Tagliaferri * Antonella Della Porta: Miss De Rossi * Solvi Stubing: Miss Marini

External links

* 1966 films Films set in Italy Films set in Rome Films set in Emilia-Romagna Films shot in Rome Italian comedy-drama films Spanish comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films 1960s Italian-language films 1966 comedy-drama films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Dino Risi 1960s Italian films 1960s French films {{comedy-drama-film-stub