Vincenzo Musolino

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 1952, this film by Renato Castellani tells the sweet and gritty love story of two young southerners navigating postwar poverty. With Maria Fiore and Vincenzo Musolino, it blends neorealism and romantic comedy. A tender, humorous portrait of resilience and working-class dreams in a transforming Italy..

Just when Cjamango (Ivan Rassimov) has won a bag of gold in a poker game, he is attacked by the gangs of El Tigre and Don Pablo. As he recovers from the injuries caused by the attack, Cjamango becomes attached to a Mexican boy, Manuel, and to a beautiful girl, Perla. El Tigre and Pablo are meanwhile at odds with one another about the gold, and Cjamango tries to play them against themselves.