Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

1976 · 112 min · IT · 6.7 (75 votes)
Dir. Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola, Luigi Comencini, Luigi Magni, Nanni Loy · Starring Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi · Music Antonello Venditti
Comedy

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

VIBE

A darkly comedic, episodic dive into 70s Italy's societal rot. It skewers politics and media with absurdist scenarios and a cynical, unsettling tone that lingers long after the credits roll.

satiricaldarkabsurdistcynicalunsettlingsteadyepisodicpolitical satire70s Italian cinemablack comedypolitical corruptionsocial decaymedia manipulationhypocrisy
anthology
MORE LIKE THIS — multi-vector + why, diversified
We Want the Colonels
We Want the Colonels
1973
6.6 · 30 votes
Comedy
Also by Mario MonicelliStars Ugo TognazziBoth cynical
A Special Day
A Special Day
1977
8.1 · 584 votes
Drama
Also by Ettore ScolaStars Marcello Mastroianni
The Cat
The Cat
1977
6.4 · 30 votes
ComedyMysteryCrime
Also by Luigi ComenciniStars Ugo Tognazzi
I'm Back
I'm Back
2018
5.9 · 532 votes
ComedyDrama
Fans also watchBoth satirical
The New Monsters
The New Monsters
1977
6.9 · 183 votes
Comedy
Fans also watchAlso by Mario MonicelliStars Vittorio Gassman
White Collar Blues
White Collar Blues
1975
7.8 · 775 votes
Comedy
Fans also watchStars Paolo Villaggio
Be Sick… It's Free
Be Sick… It's Free
1968
7.1 · 170 votes
Comedy
Fans also watchBoth satirical
Where's Picone?
Where's Picone?
1984
6.6 · 25 votes
Comedy
Also by Nanni LoyStars Carlo CroccoloBoth absurdist
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
1976
7.6 · 270 votes
ComedyDrama
Also by Ettore ScolaStars Nino ManfrediBoth absurdist
My Friends
My Friends
1975
8.2 · 643 votes
Comedy
Also by Mario MonicelliStars Ugo Tognazzi
Divorce Italian Style
Divorce Italian Style
1961
7.9 · 383 votes
Comedy
Stars Marcello MastroianniBoth cynical
Whatsoeverly
Whatsoeverly
2011
6.0 · 507 votes
Comedy
Fans also watchBoth satirical
The Sunday Woman
The Sunday Woman
1975
6.5 · 59 votes
ComedyCrime
Also by Luigi ComenciniStars Marcello Mastroianni
Late Night Trains
Late Night Trains
1975
6.0 · 85 votes
HorrorThriller
The Great War
The Great War
1959
8.1 · 313 votes
DramaComedyWar
Also by Mario MonicelliStars Vittorio GassmanBoth absurdist
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
8.2 · 689 votes
DramaThriller
Both cynical
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
1979
6.2 · 26 votes
ComedyThriller
Stars Marcello Mastroianni
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963
7.6 · 377 votes
DramaComedyRomance
Stars Marcello MastroianniBoth episodic