Francesco Leonetti

Birth : 1924-01-27, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy

Death : 2017-12-17

Movies

The Vesuvians
Corvo (segment "La salita") (voice)
Five Neapolitan directors depict life in the city under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius for this anthology film of comedy, drama, surrealism, and political commentary.
The Year of the Cannibals
Prime Minister
On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. No one can give them a resting place because of a law enacted by a repressive State. But the young Antigone, with the help of a foreigner, Tiresias, violates this rule in the name of pietas, undermining the established order.
Shaping Negation
Director
A self-parody film on Arnaldo Pomodoro's sculptures and the art as "commodity", shot together with Francesco Leonetti and Ugo Mulas.
Caprice Italian Style
Il Burattinaio
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
What Are the Clouds?
Il Burattinaio
Some puppets come to life in a theater with no windows. This time the puppets interpret William Shakespeare's Othello.
Oedipus Rex
Servo di Laio
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road...
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Crow (voice) (uncredited)
A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Erode II
This biblical drama from the Catholic Marxist director focuses on the teachings of Jesus, including the parables that reflect their revolutionary nature. As Jesus travels along the coast of the Sea of Galilee, he gradually gathers more followers, leading him into direct conflict with the authorities.