6.4 /10 1 Votes
Music by Pippo Barzizza | 6.4/10 IMDb Initial release 14 August 1953 (Italy) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Maurice Labro
Giorgio Simonelli Directors Maurice Labro, Giorgio Simonelli Screenplay Edoardo Anton, Jacques Emmanuel Music director Francis Lopez, Pippo Barzizza Story by Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci Cast Luis Mariano, Yves Montand, Line Renaud, Georges Guétary, Philippe Lemaire Similar Paris Still Sings, A Slice of Life, Big Deal on Madonna, Quand tu Liras Cette Lettre, Celluloid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saluti e baci is a Franco-Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Labro and Giorgio Simonelli and released in 1953.
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Synopsis
In a village in Italy, a radio presenter, Carlo Mastelli, loses his hearing, and passes the microphone to Marina, the young teacher, who suggests launching an appeal whereby all listeners send postcards from their country to Tonino, a young student in danger. Artists and celebrities, mostly from Italy and France, take part in the appeal, and a number respond, which at the same time boosts the show's ratings, and brings great happiness to Carlo.
Commentary
Saluti e baci or Love and Kisses, is a film which deals with charity appeals a long time before the humanitarian appeals of Band Aid or Chanteurs Sans Frontières of the 1980s. In the film, a group of singers get together en masse to help those less fortunate than themselves, something which would later be seen in the Enfoirés who formed Les Restos du Cœur.