Magical Nights (2018)
Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.
Director:
Paolo Virzì
Writers:
Paolo Virzì, Francesco Piccolo, Francesca Archibugi.
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Mauro Lamantia as Antonino Scordia |
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Giovanni Toscano as Luciano Ambrogi |
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Irene Vetere as Eugenia Malaspina |
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Roberto Herlitzka as Fulvio Zappellini |
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Marina Rocco as Giusy Fusacchia |
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Paolo Sassanelli as Police Captain |
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Annalisa Arena as Katia |
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Eugenio Nicola Marinelli as Gianfranco, the chaffeur |
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Emanuele Salce as Virgilio Barone |
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Andrea Roncato as Fosco, the director |
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Giulio Berruti as Max Andrei |
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Ferruccio Soleri as Maestro Pontani |
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Paolo Bonacelli as Ennio 'The Great' |
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Regina Orioli as Emma Marcellini |
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Ludovica Modugno as Lawyer |
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Giulio Scarpati as Eugenia's Father |
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Simona Marchini as Mrs. Saponaro |
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Tea Falco as Italian Actress |
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Ornella Muti as Federica, the diva |
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Jalil Lespert as Jean-Claude Bernard |
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Giancarlo Giannini as Leandro Saponaro |
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Eliana Miglio as Eugenia's Mother |
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Emilia Verginelli as Screenwriter Friend |
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Mauro Caterini as Solinas Prize Driver |
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Federica Cacciola as Solinas Prize Organizer |
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Nicole Guerzoni as Favorite Pupil |
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Francesco Lagi as Young Old Man |
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Giovanni La Pàrola as Calogiuri, the director |
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Francesca Turrini as Solinas Prize Press Agent |
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Dario Ceruti as Solinas Prize Presenter |
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Roberto Citran as Vincenzo, the screenwriter |
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Silvio Vannucci as Alberto, the director |
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Elettra Dallimore-Mallaby as French Actress |
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Lorenzo Gioielli as Production Meddler |
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Martina Pensa as Aspiring Actress |
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Marit Nissen as Fosco's Ex-Wife |
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Efisio Sanna as Pharmacist |
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Paolo Vivaldi as Katia's Father |
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Isabella Cecchi as Katia's Mother |
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Daniela Morozzi as Luciano's Mother |
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Emanuele Barresi as Armando, the worker |
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Giorgio Algranti as Oreste, the worker |
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Toto Barbato as Piero, the worker |
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Ester Pantano as Caterina |
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Veronica Benassi as Gynecologist Patient #1 |
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Anna Coccoli as Gynecologist Patient #2 |
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Lorenzo Lucchi as Aldo, the 'negro' |
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Nicola Lamia as Dancing Minister |
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Cinzia Mascoli as Dr. Scarsellati |
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Gianni Lamantia as Old Antonio |
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Giuseppe Toscano as Old Luciano |
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Ondina Quadri as Eugenia's daughter (as Ondina Laura Quadri) |
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Irene Girotti as Assistente Dr.ssa Scarsellati |
| Directing | Elisabetta Boni | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Valerio Palusci | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katia Dottori | Costume Design |
| Production | Simone Tacchia | Unit Manager |
| Production | Francesco Renda | Unit Manager |
| Production | Carlotta Manzoli | Unit Manager |
| Production | Vincenzo Ianni | Unit Manager |
| Production | Alessia Santucci | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Pierluigi Potier | Location Manager |
| Production | Riccardo Borni | Location Manager |
| Production | Diego Morina | Location Manager |
| Production | Daniele Di Nicola | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Irma Misantoni | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Martina Ghezzi | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Fabrizio Federico | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ilario Monti | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Giulia Contino | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Elisa Becchere | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Gianmaria Majorana | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maurizio Lorenzetti | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Sebastiano De Pascalis | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Peter Zuffa | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tiziano Saraca | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Giuseppe Laruccia | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessio Pompei | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luca Mazzoccoli | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Cristina del Zotto | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mina Petrara | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Alessandro Tomasetti | Assistant Production Design |
| Lighting | Fabio Scepi | Gaffer |
| Camera | Fabio Fumelli | Key Grip |
| Crew | Emiliano Novelli | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Sara Paesani | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Lena Di Gennaro | Visual Effects Producer |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Story |
| Production | Elisabetta Boni | Casting |
| Production | Valeria Licurgo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ivan Fiorini | Line Producer |
| Sound | Alessandro Bianchi | Sound |
| Sound | Luca Novelli | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Daniela Bassani | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stefano Grosso | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Marco Coppolecchia | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Paolo Virzì | Director |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Piccolo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesca Archibugi | Screenplay |
| Production | Marco Belardi | Producer |
| Sound | Carlo Virzì | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vladan Radović | Director of Photography |
| Art | Alessandro Vannucci | Production Design |
| Editing | Jacopo Quadri | Editor |