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 |
| Directing | Paolo Virzì | Director |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Bruni | Screenplay |
| Sound | Carlo Virzì | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Sartori | Costume Design |
| Camera | Alessandro Pesci | Director of Photography |
| Production | Alessandro Calosci | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Rita Rusić | Producer |
| Editing | Jacopo Quadri | Editor |
| Sound | Tullio Morganti | Sound |
| Art | Lorenzo Baraldi | Production Design |
| Writing | Francesco Bruni | Story |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Story |
| Directing | Anna Mira D'Ercole | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Andrea Legnani | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Riccardo Umetelli | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Roberto Mule | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Andrea Bolognesi | Third Assistant Camera |
| Production | Carlo Gagliardi | Administration |
| Production | Paolo Luvisotti | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincenzo Mastrantonio | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gaetano Panico | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carlo Barucci | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Pezza | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Emiliano Grassi | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Tonello | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabetta Antico | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Loredana Raffi | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luana Piervenanzi | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bianca Erba | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Antonietta Salvatori | Seamstress |
| Crew | Monica Verzolini | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Vittorio Imperia | Property Master |
| Editing | Valentina Girodo | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Rita Mauro | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Vladimiro Cecconi | Property Builder |
| Lighting | Federico Conte | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Fabio De Meis | Electrician |
| Lighting | Angelo Pititto | Electrician |
| Lighting | Andrea Testa | Electrician |
| Camera | Roberto Esposti | Grip |
| Camera | Mauro Misino | Grip |
| Camera | Giorgio Protti | Grip |
| Camera | Riccardo Serravalli | Key Grip |
| Crew | Francesco Sabelli | Special Effects |
| Sound | Francesco Cucinelli | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alessandro Peticca | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Stefano Giovannini | Colorist |
| Sound | Gianrico La Rosa | Scoring Mixer |
| Production | Elisabetta Olmi | Line Producer |
| Camera | Fabrizio Vicari | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giovanni Gebbia | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Salvatore Anversa | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Toto Barbato | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Matteo Pastorelli | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Valerio Fantozzi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Gianluca Ferrara | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Geppo Gemini | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ljerka Rusić | Supervising Producer |
| Art | Laura Casalini | Set Decoration |
| Production | Stefano Cialoni | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Micaela Borgiotti | Unit Manager |
| Production | Ezio Orita | Unit Manager |
| Production | Ivana Kastratovic | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Irish Braschi | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nikola Vukić | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gianluca Greco | First Assistant Director |