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The Big Fox (1988)

Original title: Il volpone

1988-02-27 · 1h 55m · IT
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Ugo Maria Volpone is a very rich shipowner. He dissimulates to be close to die in order to have the attention of three of his friends: Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio. The three accepts every kind of humiliation and money loss in order to inherit all Volpone's fortune. Volpone hires a new servant, Mosca. Together the two start to realize new jokes and extortions to the three greedy fake friends. Who will win the inheritance?

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Maurizio PonziDirector

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Enrico MontesanoEnrico MontesanoBartolomeo MoscaPaolo VillaggioPaolo VillaggioUgo Maria VolponeEnrico Maria SalernoEnrico Maria SalernoCiro CorvinoRenzo MontagnaniRenzo MontagnaniRaffaele VoltoreAthina CenciAthina CenciMarta CorbaccioAlessandro HaberAlessandro HaberErnesto CorbaccioMariangela GiordanoMariangela GiordanoEliana VoltoreEleonora GiorgiEleonora GiorgiFrancesca CorvinoMaurizio DonadoniMaurizio DonadoniAldo MarignanoSabrina FerilliSabrina FerilliRosalba MarignanoVittorio AmandolaVittorio AmandolaSerse TessariAldo RalliAldo Ralliil sacerdote

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Genre affinityComedyDialogue densityComedyDirector preference331714Actor preference275833 · 388036 · 224408Country preferenceItDecade preference1980

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What is The Big Fox about?

Ugo Maria Volpone is a very rich shipowner. He dissimulates to be close to die in order to have the attention of three of his friends: Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio. The three accepts every kind of humiliation and money loss in order to inherit all Volpone's fortune. Volpone hires a new servant, Mosca. Together the two start to realize new jokes and extortions to the three greedy fake friends. Who will win the inheritance?

How long is The Big Fox?

The Big Fox has a runtime of 115 minutes.