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