{{short description|1975 Italian comedy film}} {{Infobox film | name = Eye of the Cat | image = Attenti al buffone.jpg | caption = | director = [[Alberto Bevilacqua]] | writer = Alberto Bevilacqua <br>[[Nino Manfredi]] | starring = Nino Manfredi <br>[[Mariangela Melato]]<br>[[Eli Wallach]]<br>[[Enzo Cannavale]] | music = [[Ennio Morricone]]<br>[[Clément Janequin]] | cinematography = [[Alfio Contini]] | editing = | producer = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1975}} | runtime = | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }} '''''Eye of the Cat''''' ({{langx|it|'''Attenti al buffone'''}}) is a 1975 Italian [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Alberto Bevilacqua]].

==Cast== *[[Nino Manfredi]] as Marcello Ferrari * [[Mariangela Melato]] as Giulia * [[Eli Wallach]] as Cesare * [[Enzo Cannavale]] as Lolo * [[Francisco Rabal]] as the priest * [[Mario Scaccia]] as Salomone * [[Adriana Innocenti]] as Jolanda * [[Franco Scandurra]] as the Butler * [[Ettore Manni]] as Cesare's friend * [[Erika Blanc]] as Margot * [[Cristina Gajoni]] as a prostitute * [[Loredana Bertè]] as a prostitute

==Plot==

Ras ([[Eli Wallach]]) is a ruler or dictator who covets another man's wife ([[Mariangela Melato]]) as his own. He gets what he wants, but Ras wants more: in this case, to humiliate Marcello ([[Nino Manfredi]]), a dedicated musician whose life he has already ruined by leaving his cat and taking his wife. He forces Marcello to seek an annulment to his marriage through the Vatican. Ras gets everything, but Marcello's wife, Giulia, and Marcello have other ideas.

==Awards== [[David di Donatello]] 1976 - Best Screenplay<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese|isbn=88-7742-221-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw3Z_YIKOVEC&q=%22Attenti+al+buffone%22&pg=PA259|access-date=21 November 2011|page=259}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * Alberto Bevilacqua. ''Attenti al buffone: il racconto del film, saggi, altri racconti tematici''. Garzanti, 1975.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0159258}}

[[Category:Italian comedy-drama films]] [[Category:1975 comedy-drama films]] [[Category:1975 films]] [[Category:Films directed by Alberto Bevilacqua]] [[Category:Films scored by Ennio Morricone]] [[Category:1975 Italian films]] [[Category:1975 Italian-language films]] {{1970s-Italy-drama-film-stub}} {{1970s-comedy-drama-film-stub}}