The Friends At The Margherita Café

The Friends At The Margherita Café (2009)

DramaComedy

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

Director: Pupi Avati
Writer: Pupi Avati

Casts

	Diego Abatantuono as Al
	Pierpaolo Zizzi as Taddeo
	Neri Marcorè as Bep
	Laura Chiatti as Marcella
	Fabio De Luigi as Gian
	Luigi Lo Cascio as Manuelo
	Claudio Botosso as Zanchi
	Gianni Ippoliti as Sarti
	Luisa Ranieri as Ninni
	Gisella Marengo as Natalia
	Katia Ricciarelli as Mamma di Taddeo
	Gianni Cavina as Carlo
	Niki Giustini as Pus
	Bob Messini as Mentos
	Maria Pia Timo as Beatrice
	Alfiero Toppetti as Walter
	Gianni Fantoni as Padre di Gian
	Kristina Cepraga as La donna Con gli Occhiali
	Francesca De Martini as Signora del Treno
	Andrea Carpinteri as

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