Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976) – Filming Locations
Comedy / Drama · Directed by Ettore Scola · Starring Nino Manfredi, Giselda Castrini
Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.
Where was Ugly, Dirty and Bad filmed?
- Rome, Italy, Rome – Family's cramped apartment and surrounding slum streets where most of the film takes place. The gritty Roman working-class neighborhood serves as the primary setting, authentically capturing the poverty and urban decay that defines the film's social critique
- Rome, Italy, Rome – Street scenes showing the family navigating through crowded markets and urban streets. Scola filmed extensively in actual Roman working-class neighborhoods to document the daily life and struggles of the Placido family with neorealist authenticity