Mario Martone
Toni Servillo, Maria Nazionale, Cristiana Dell'Anna, Antonia Truppo
133 mins
2021
ItalySpain
15
Italian
Yes
Digital
Part of the Italian Film Festival 2022 Season
Nominated in no fewer than 14 categories in the 2022 David di Donatello Awards (the Italian Oscars) Mario Martone’s ambitious biopic of actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta features a typically charismatic central performance by Toni Servillo (Il Divo, The Great Beauty). Set in Naples in the early 1900s, The King of Laughter chronicles the colourful personal and professional life of Scarpetta, whose children included Eduardo, Peppino and Titina De Filippo, 20th century Italian theatre’s most celebrated siblings.
This screening includes an in-person introduction from the festival's programmer Dr Pasquale Iannone.
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