Baci e abbracci (1999)
Mario, ristoratore fallito che, dopo aver tentato inutilmente il suicidio, (prendendo del sonnifero e utilizzando i gas di scarico dell'auto, che però rimane senza benzina mentre lui stava dormendo) si sveglia e per un'omonimia, viene accolto alla stazione ferroviaria da una famiglia di allevatori di struzzi, che invece sta aspettando l'arrivo di un assessore regionale (anche lui si chiamava Mario) che dovrebbe garantire dei sussidi alla loro traballante attività. Il protagonista, sempre più spaesato, si ritrova circondato dalla premurosa attenzione dei suoi ospiti, fino al chiarimento finale, che genera uno sbigottimento superato da un superbo pranzo di Natale, in cui Mario dimostra la sua bravura di cuoco.
Direttore:
Paolo Virzì
Scrittori:
Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni.
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Francesco Paolantoni as Mario Mataluna |
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Massimo Gambacciani as Renato Bacci |
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Pietro Gremigni as Luciano Cecconi |
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Paola Tiziana Cruciani as Tatiana Falomi |
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Daniela Morozzi as Ivana |
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Isabella Cecchi as Annalisa Brodolini |
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Emanuele Barresi as Ennio |
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Rosanna Mazzi as Stefania Cecconi |
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Samuele Marzi as Matteo Bacci |
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Emiliano Cappello as Gabriele |
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Maria Grazia Taddei as Bruna |
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Martino Cecconi as Nelusco |
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Sara Mannucci as Margherita Bacci |
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Edoardo Gabbriellini as Alessio Bacci |
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Carlo Virzì as Stefanino |
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Toto Barbato as Poncino |
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Valerio Fantozzi as Chico |
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Gianluca Ferrara as Barsimpson |
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Matteo Pastorelli as Gigiballa |
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Geppo Gemini as Vustok |
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Dario Ballantini as Dario Minuti |
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Giorgio Algranti as Mario Marelli |
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Patrizia Corti as Patrizia |
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Sonia Grassi as Patrizia Cecconi |
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Francesca Gamba as Ex moglie di Luciano |
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Marco Conte as Direttore di banca |
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Paolo Edoardo Fornaciari as San Giuseppe (as Pardo Fornaciari) |
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Chiara Tiezzi as La Madonna |
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Vladimiro Cecconi as Centurione |
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Luca Bartoli as Simone |
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Max Galligani as Il cameriere |
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Marco Limberti as Viaggiatore |
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Alberto Forti as Babbo Natale |
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Roberto Marini as Esattore #1 |
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Ezio Orita as Esattore #2 |
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Marco Turio as Capostazione |
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Veruska Vitiello as Impiegata banca |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Screenplay |
| Sound | Carlo Virzì | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Sartori | Costume Design |
| Directing | Paolo Virzì | Director |
| Writing | Francesco Bruni | Screenplay |
| Production | Rita Rusić | Producer |
| Editing | Jacopo Quadri | Editor |
| Production | Alessandro Calosci | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Tullio Morganti | Sound |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Camera | Alessandro Pesci | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lorenzo Baraldi | Production Design |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Story |
| Writing | Francesco Bruni | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carlo Barucci | Hair Department Head |
| Sound | Gianrico La Rosa | Scoring Mixer |
| Camera | Emiliano Grassi | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Valentina Girodo | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Rita Mauro | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Francesco Cucinelli | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Fabio De Meis | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Pezza | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Vittorio Imperia | Property Master |
| Camera | Riccardo Serravalli | Key Grip |
| Sound | Alessandro Peticca | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luana Piervenanzi | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Andrea Testa | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincenzo Mastrantonio | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bianca Erba | Seamstress |
| Crew | Monica Verzolini | Post Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Andrea Legnani | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Tonello | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Andrea Bolognesi | Third Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Antonietta Salvatori | Seamstress |
| Camera | Riccardo Umetelli | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Federico Conte | Gaffer |
| Crew | Francesco Sabelli | Special Effects |
| Directing | Anna Mira D'Ercole | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Angelo Pititto | Electrician |
| Camera | Roberto Mule | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gaetano Panico | Hairdresser |
| Production | Paolo Luvisotti | Administration |
| Camera | Mauro Misino | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabetta Antico | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Stefano Giovannini | Colorist |
| Art | Vladimiro Cecconi | Property Builder |
| Camera | Giorgio Protti | Grip |
| Production | Carlo Gagliardi | Administration |
| Art | Loredana Raffi | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Roberto Esposti | Grip |
| Sound | Toto Barbato | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Micaela Borgiotti | Unit Manager |
| Production | Ezio Orita | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Geppo Gemini | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Stefano Cialoni | Delegated Producer |
| Camera | Fabrizio Vicari | Camera Operator |
| Art | Laura Casalini | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Matteo Pastorelli | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Irish Braschi | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Salvatore Anversa | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Ivana Kastratovic | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Gianluca Greco | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Elisabetta Olmi | Line Producer |
| Production | Ljerka Rusić | Supervising Producer |
| Camera | Giovanni Gebbia | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Valerio Fantozzi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Gianluca Ferrara | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Nikola Vukić | Second Assistant Director |