Released
Pagliacci
May 1 1987 (over 37 years ago)Rating
25
Based on
2 reviews
- Director: Franco Zeffirelli
- Genres: Music, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 12 m
- Country: Italy
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another player in the troupe, he tells Canio about Nedda's betrayal. In a jealous rage Canio murders both Nedda and Silvio. Although Leoncavallo's opera was originally set in the late 1860's, Zeffirelli's production is updated to the period between World War I and World War II.
