The Golden Coach (1952)

Directors

Jean Renoir

Cast

Amina Pirani Maggi, Anna Magnani, Duncan Lamont, Elena Altieri, Jean Debucourt, Lina Marengo, Marisa Vernati, Nada Fiorelli, Odoardo Spadaro, Paul Campbell, Ralph Truman, Renato Chiantoni, Robert Riettii, William Tubbs

The story

The Viceroy of a remote 18th-century Peruvian town has ordered a magnificent golden coach from Europe, intending to pay for it with public funds. There is speculation that he is going to give it to his mistress, the Marquise, but he says he plans to use it to overawe the populace and flatter the local nobility, who enthusiastically look forward to taking turns parading in it. By coincidence, the coach arrives on the same ship that carries an Italian commedia dell'arte troupe composed of men, women, and children who perform as singers, actors, and acrobats.

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