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 | Remo Ugolinelli | Sound |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Sound | Dado Parisini | Music Producer |
| Production | Ljerka Rusić | Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Giovanni Veronesi | Writer |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rita Rusić | Producer |
| Writing | Ugo Chiti | Writer |
| Directing | Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Benni Atria | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Maurizio Calvesi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Marco Guidone | Production Manager |
| Production | Francesco Vetrano | Production Manager |
| Directing | Laura Roncaccia | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Emilia Costa | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Silvano Spoletini | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Marco Albertini | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Tani Canevari | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Olivia Sleiter | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Emanuela Riganelli | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Raoul Torresi | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Marco Limberti | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tani Canevari | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabio Lucchetti | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Franco Fantini | Accounting Supervisor |
| Camera | Massimo Galiano | Key Grip |
| Sound | Federico Savina | Dolby Consultant |
| Art | Loredana Parrinello | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Angelo Raguseo | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Alessandro Gentili | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Alberto Grassi | Generator Operator |
| Camera | Paolo Sperati | Grip |
| Sound | Ettore Mancini | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberta Ceccarelli | Seamstress |
| Production | Marina Grappelli | Production Accountant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Torti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Agostino Baffetti | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandro Bertolazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Eugenio Raimondi | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Marco Raimondi | Electrician |
| Lighting | Massimo Millozzi | Electrician |
| Production | Giulia Saccucci | Production Accountant |
| Editing | Maddalena Colombo | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Maurizio Benvenuto | Grip |
| Editing | Benni Atria | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Nino Nastasi | Grip |
| Production | Claudio Zampetti | Production Accountant |
| Camera | Alessia Bulgari | Still Photographer |
| Art | Giancarlo Carbonaro | Property Master |
| 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 |