Il barbiere di Rio (1996)
Padre di due angiolini riccioloni e separato dalla moglie, Matteo Castillo, barbiere in Roma, parte per Rio de Janeiro dove abita una sorella maggiore che non vede da trent'anni. Sue disavventure turistico-sentimentali. Tutto è trito e orecchiato in questa prolissa commedia Cecchi Gori di ritmo lasco con dialoghi sciatti, svergognata rassegna di folclore brasiliano, ciancicata satira degli italiani all'estero, macchiette bieche. Scritta dal regista con Ugo Chiti. Costretto a parlare in romanesco e, con indubbia bravura fonetica, in un maccheronico italo-portoghese, Abatantuono spadroneggia, dilaga, prevarica.
Direttore: Giovanni Veronesi
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Diego Abatantuono as Matteo |
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Zuleica Dos Santos as Giorgina |
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Rocco Papaleo as Ugo |
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Irene Grandi as Angelo Custode |
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Giuseppe Oristanio as Rocco |
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Margaret Mazzantini as Silvia |
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Renata Fronzi as Angelina |
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Mauro Di Francesco as Italiano a Rio |
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Nini Salerno as Italiano a Rio |
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Ugo Conti as Italiano a Rio |
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Antonio Petrocelli as Il Poliziotto |
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Claudio Bignone as Simone |
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Dario Tata as Alex |
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Luiz Armando Queiroz as Paulo |
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Mônica Martelli as Travestito |
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Rubens Barbot as Bibi |
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Rogério Cardoso as Zio Pescatore |
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Davide Cincis as Prelato |
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João Farias De Silva Jr. as Chico |
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Edyr de Castro as Patricia |
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Bruno Gialli as Giornalaio |
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Vincenzo Latagliata as Frate anziano |
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Cristiana Lionello as Giudice donna |
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Ruy Polanah as Padre Giorgina |
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Mino Sferra as Ing. Piacentini |
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Tomasz Tomaszewski as Christian |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudio Manzi | Costume Design |
| Art | Franco Vanorio | Production Design |
| Sound | Benni Atria | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Remo Ugolinelli | Sound |
| Production | Marco Guidone | Production Manager |
| Production | Francesco Vetrano | Production Manager |
| Directing | Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Camera | Maurizio Calvesi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dado Parisini | Music Producer |
| Writing | Ugo Chiti | Writer |
| Writing | Giovanni Veronesi | Writer |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ljerka Rusić | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Rita Rusić | Producer |
| Production | Olivia Sleiter | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Marco Albertini | Production Secretary |
| Production | Emilia Costa | Production Assistant |
| Production | Emanuela Riganelli | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Marco Limberti | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Laura Roncaccia | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Silvano Spoletini | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tani Canevari | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tani Canevari | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Raoul Torresi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Alessandro Gentili | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Alessia Bulgari | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Ettore Mancini | Boom Operator |
| Art | Loredana Parrinello | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Giancarlo Carbonaro | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Torti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberta Ceccarelli | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandro Bertolazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabio Lucchetti | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Franco Fantini | Accounting Supervisor |
| Production | Claudio Zampetti | Production Accountant |
| Production | Giulia Saccucci | Production Accountant |
| Production | Marina Grappelli | Production Accountant |
| Editing | Benni Atria | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Maddalena Colombo | Assistant Editor |
| Lighting | Eugenio Raimondi | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Marco Raimondi | Electrician |
| Lighting | Massimo Millozzi | Electrician |
| Lighting | Agostino Baffetti | Electrician |
| Crew | Alberto Grassi | Generator Operator |
| Camera | Massimo Galiano | Key Grip |
| Camera | Maurizio Benvenuto | Grip |
| Camera | Paolo Sperati | Grip |
| Camera | Nino Nastasi | Grip |
| Sound | Angelo Raguseo | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Federico Savina | Dolby Consultant |
| Directing | Giovanni Veronesi | Director |
| Directing | Luigina Lovari | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Crew | Balilla Santoro | Driver |
| Crew | Segio Focina | Driver |
| Directing | Manuele Franceschini | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ana Gabriela Lopes | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Angelica Chequetti | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Production | Roberto Ribeiro | Production Manager |
| Production | Johnny Catrolli | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Marcia Garcia D'Angelo | Production Secretary |
| Production | Miriam Porto | Production Assistant |
| Production | Flávio Leandro | Production Assistant |
| Production | Iara Alves de Cunha | Accountant |
| Art | Reynaldo Elias | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Lambert | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Lucia Moreira | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cida de Freitas | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Allan Estevão | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Wildemilson Finizola | Grip |
| Camera | Danilson Souza Costa | Grip |
| Lighting | José Carlos Machado | Electrician |
| Lighting | Carlos Alberto Echenique | Electrician |
| Sound | Dado Parisini | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Telonio | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Irene Grandi | Original Music Composer |