Ace High
Like the thrilling genre it identifies, the term "spaghetti western" has steadily gained in esteem and sympathy. Born in the mid-1960s, the Italian Western is a universe in its own right, whose cinematic language, anarchic tone and spectacular iconography have had a considerable impact. Presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, this cycle brings together the must-see films of the "three Sergios" (Leone, Corbucci, Sollima) and a diverse selection of films by the main directors of the period. It's an opportunity to grasp the richness of a genre whose stylistic beauty is matched only by the dirtiness of its protagonists, and which has managed to be alternately irreverent and lyrical, funny and violent, bon-vivant and political, dark and luminous. The versions presented have been chosen on the basis of elements such as language (all these films were dubbed, so there is no single "original" version), complete editing and recent restorations.
Cat and Hutch are robbed of their loot after robbing a bank. They track down the robber, only to discover that he is generously distributing the money to the masses... Cat and Hutch, the characters invented by Giuseppe Colizzi and staged here for the second time after God Forgives... I Don't!, which he directed the previous year, gave birth to a comic duo whose success was to be considerable from then on: Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. In Ace High, they form an entertaining quartet with Brock Peters and Eli Wallach, just out of his role as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Giuseppe Colizzi
Giuseppe Colizzi is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. He is famous for directing Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in many successful spaghetti westerns.
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