Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! (2007)
In 1976, Faustino, an aspiring guitarist wasting away his teenage years in a sleepy town, gets what could be his big break when he joins the summer tour of a washed-up maestro from the big city.
Director:
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Writers:
Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano, Umberto Contarello, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valia Santella.
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Antimo Merolillo as Faustino Ciaramella |
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Ernesto Mahieux as Raffaele Niro |
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Lina Sastri as Vincenza Ciaramella |
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Roberto De Francesco as Autore |
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Luigi Montini as Discografico |
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Flavio Bonacci as Carlo Tagnin |
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Ugo Fangareggi as Pietro Tagnin |
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Daria D'Antonio as Franca Marrocco |
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Peppe Servillo as Jerry Como |
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Augusto Riverberi |
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Valeria Golino as Annamaria |
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Toni Servillo as Mimmo Falasco |
| Directing | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Director |
| Writing | Filippo Gravino | Screenplay |
| Writing | Filippo Gravino | Story |
| Writing | Guido Iuculano | Screenplay |
| Writing | Guido Iuculano | Story |
| Writing | Umberto Contarello | Screenplay |
| Writing | Umberto Contarello | Story |
| Writing | Fausto Mesolella | Short Story |
| Production | Valia Santella | Casting Assistant |
| Writing | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Story |
| Writing | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Screenplay |
| Writing | Valia Santella | Screenplay |
| Directing | Valia Santella | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Luca Bigazzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Esmeralda Calabria | Editor |
| Art | Giancarlo Basili | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ortensia De Francesco | Costume Design |
| Sound | Emanuele Cecere | Sound |
| Sound | Fausto Mesolella | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Domenico Procacci | Producer |
| Production | Valeria Licurgo | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Ivan Fiorini | Line Producer |