Farfallon is a Sicilian pastry chef locked up for attempted murder, determined to escape so he can carry out his revenge. During a transfer by sea he meets the Baron of Vistacorta, also a prisoner, who asks him to keep a cartridge case holding a considerable sum of money. The escape attempts follow one another in a farcical tone, and the prison they end up in turns out to have unexpected customs.

How it was made

The film is directed and written by Riccardo Pazzaglia, and presented as a parody of the prison classic Papillon. It stars the comic duo Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, alongside Mario Carotenuto and a large supporting cast. The music is by Ubaldo Continiello, the cinematography by Guglielmo Mancori and the editing by Alessandro Peticca. The sources consulted do not detail the shoot.

Reception and legacy

Reliable information about its critical and commercial reception is scarce. Its interest for film lovers lies mainly in being a comedy from one of the most popular comic duos of Italian cinema in the 1970s, and in the comic dialogue it establishes with the film it parodies.

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