The Broken Heart of Gnocchi Bolognese (2009)
Actors:
Peter Arpesella (actor),
Craig Ormiston (actor),
Andrew Barkan (composer),
Kai Cofer (actor),
Alyssa Price (actress),
Amanda Pope (miscellaneous crew),
Felix J. Boyle (actor),
William Kwok (producer),
Jason Walker Tyler (miscellaneous crew),
Michael Tringe (editor),
Amelia Phillips (actress),
Amelia Phillips (actress),
Dalia Vosylius (actress),
Johanna Parker (actress),
Katherine Vondy (director),
Plot: Gnocchi Bolognese has never known her father, the chef whose signature dish she was named for. As the stage manager of a local theater, she pines from the wings for the troupe's star actor. And with her 25th birthday around the corner, Gnocchi decides it's time to act on her infatuation - but the pursuit of romance leads her down a tragicomic road to the origins of her unusual name.
Keywords: food-in-title, italian-food
Genres:
Short,
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Actors:
Chuck Hicks (actor),
Joe Gray (actor),
Henry Brandon (actor),
John Alderson (actor),
Eric Alden (actor),
Douglas Fowley (actor),
Paul Cavanagh (actor),
Lon Chaney Jr. (actor),
Raymond Burr (actor),
Gino Corrado (actor),
John Doucette (actor),
Oliver Blake (actor),
John Carradine (actor),
Fritz Feld (actor),
Bob Hope (actor),
Plot: Italy, 1757. Lowly tailor Pippo Popolino disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what he's getting into: locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
Keywords: 18th-century, alternate-ending, apostrophe-in-title, apprentice, axe, balcony, breaking-the-fourth-wall, canal, casanova, cat
Genres:
Comedy,
Musical,
Quotes:
Francesca Bruni: Well, then take your mask off.::Pippo Popolino: Oh, no. I couldn't do that. I haven't got anything on underneath it.
Francesca Bruni: Your lips are fire.::Pippo Popolino: I know. Saves a fortune on matches. Don't turn in the alarm.
Pippo Popolino: Don't be frightened, Francesca. I'm scared enough for all of us.
[frequently repeated phrase]::Pippo Popolino: Farffel farffel pippick.
Lucio: [introducing Francesca on the fly] This is... his, um... um, his first cousin.::Pippo Popolino: First by a mile!
Pippo Popolino: [as Francesca seduces him into playing Casanova with a kiss] It's just like I always suspected: girls are softer than fellas. If this is the way they live in Venice, let's hurry! We can still catch the 7:15 gondola!
Elena Di Gambetta: [Hearing her family trying to get in to save her honor] Run! Hide!::Pippo Popolino: Casanova never runs, but he hides!
[the Doge formally toasts Casanova]::Lucio: [Whispering warningly so that others at the table don't here] Don't toast YOURSELF!::Pippo Popolino: The wine's free and I'm thirsty!::Lucio: [Whispering in his ear again] Mind your manners!::Pippo Popolino: Oh, please stop nibbling on my ear. Don't let this beauty mark fool you, too.
Pippo Popolino: This is Lucio, my food taster.::Foressi: Your food taster?::Pippo Popolino: Yes. You can't get good food tasters these days. The slightest hint of poison and they quit!::Francesca Bruni: [after laughter] Lucio is my cousin's ninth food taster.::Pippo Popolino: Tenth, counting Mother.
Pippo Popolino: [to Maggioni] Oh, please, spare my miserable life! I'll work off the debt! I'll make more wine for you. I've got big feet! What grapes I can't trample on I can sit on!