Red American

{{Short description|Italian comedy-drama film (1991)}} {{Infobox film | name = Red American | image = Americano rosso.jpg | director = Alessandro D'Alatri | writer = Enzo Monteleone | starring = Burt Young <br />Fabrizio Bentivoglio | music = Gabriele Ducros | cinematography = Alessio Gelsini Torresi | editing = Cecilia Zanuso | producer = Alessandro Parenzo | studio = Videa<ref name=adci>{{cite web|title=Americano rosso (1991)|website=Archivio del Cinema Italiano|access-date=31 December 2024|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DD9210}}</ref><br />RAI Tre<ref name=adci/> | distributor = Warner Bros. Italia<ref name=adci/> | released = {{Film date|1991}} | language = Italian }} '''''Red American''''' ({{langx|it|'''Americano rosso'''}}) is a 1991 Italian comedy-drama film. It was the directorial debut of Alessandro D'Alatri, who was awarded the David di Donatello Award for Best New Director for his work on the film.<ref name=xdcd>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref>

The film also won the Globo d'oro,<ref>{{cite news|title=Globo d'oro alla condanna di Bellocchio|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1991/05/24/globo-oro-alla-condanna-di.html?ref=search|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=24 May 1991}}</ref> the Grolla d'oro<ref>{{cite news|title=La Grolla d'oro per Piccioni|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1991/10/21/la-grolla-oro-piccioni.html?ref=search|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=21 October 2012}}</ref> and the Ciak d'oro for the cinematography by Alessio Gelsini Torresi, as well as the Ciak d'oro for best first work.<ref name="xdcd"/>

== Plot== {{No plot|date=March 2024}}

== Cast == *Burt Young as George Maniago *Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Vittorio Benvegnù *Valeria Milillo as Antonietta *Massimo Ghini as Questore Santesso *Sabrina Ferilli as Zaira * Tullia Alborghetti as Elvira * Beatrice Palme as Adey *Pino Ammendola as cavalier Gervasutti *Eros Pagni as Oscar Benvegnù *Miranda Martino as Nella Dalpoz

==See also == * List of Italian films of 1991

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0101330}}

Category:1991 films Category:Italian comedy-drama films Category:1991 comedy-drama films Category:Films directed by Alessandro D'Alatri Category:1991 directorial debut films Category:1991 Italian films Category:Warner Bros. films