Leonardo Benvenuti — Playwright (28)
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The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics (1996) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turbine di sesso e di politica
director: 莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: Tullio Solenghi / Veronica Pivetti …
other title: Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turbine di sesso e di politica / The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics …
During the 1994 general elections, a mechanic with a firm belief in communism, fearing that his party is about to lose, journeys to a northern village to instigate. He isn't there long before he encounters a beautiful hairdresser, with whom their debate is fiery as is his growing and impossible-to-hide passion for her. Although she too is intrigued with him, their disparate ideologies threaten to keep them apart.
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Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno
director: 马里奥·莫尼切利 actor: Ugo Tognazzi / 毛里齐奥·尼凯蒂 …
other title: Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno / 贝托尔多，贝托尔迪诺和卡斯卡森诺 …
During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...
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While There's War There's Hope (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza
director: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / Silvia Monti …
other title: Mientras hay guerra hay esperanza / Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza …
Alberto Sordi directs and interprets a corrosive comedy, another "story of an Italian" that makes you smile and reflect. An arms dealer is exposed and would like to return to an honest business. But his family does not intend to give up that bloody money.
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Dear Goddamned Friends (1994) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cari fottutissimi amici
director: 马里奥·莫尼切利 actor: Paolo Villaggio / Paolo Hendel …
other title: Caros F... Amigos / 親愛的朋友 …
In 1944 Tuscany, a group of boxers struggling through World War II stages rigged matches to earn money and travel, accompanied by a missing black American soldier and a girl resisting marriage, as they navigate the challenges of their war-torn world.
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Tonight at Alice's (1990) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Stasera a casa di Alice
director: Carlo Verdone actor: Carlo Verdone / 奥内拉·穆蒂 …
other title: Eine Nacht mit Alice / Esta noche en casa de Alicia …
Saverio and Filippo are two friends and religious leaders of a travel agency in Rome. However, Filippo has trouble with his wife, because she finds out that he cheated on her with a comely girl named Alice.
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I Won the New Year's Lottery (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ho vinto la lotteria di Capodanno
director: Neri Parenti actor: Paolo Villaggio / Antonio Allocca …
other title: 彩票真要命 / Ho vinto la lotteria di Capodanno
Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospective for his career, with a lot of debts and a mobster that want him died. Unexpectedly he win the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 Mln) and try to remain unanimous hiding the winner ticker into his typewriter. Ironically his director order to him to write an article on the mysterious winner. When he is back home he discovers all his furniture has been confiscate and will go on a public auction. He will try desperately to buy back the worthless typewriter while all his previous problems still follows him, especially the mobster...
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Complexes (1965) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
I complessi
director: 佛朗哥·罗西 / Luigi Filippo D'Amico … actor: Nino Manfredi / Ugo Tognazzi …
other title: Einmal zu wenig, einmal zu viel / Les Complexés …
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
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My Friends Act III (1985) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Amici miei - Atto III°
director: Nanni Loy actor: Ugo Tognazzi / 加斯通·莫辛 …
other title: Meus Caros Amigos 3 / Ein irres Klassentreffen …
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests.
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Fantozzi in Heaven (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fantozzi in paradiso
director: Neri Parenti actor: Paolo Villaggio / 米莱娜·武科蒂奇 …
other title: Fantozzi in paradiso / 凡托齐升入天国 …
One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in an accident. The doctor says that Ugo as only one week left to live
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Fantozzi Retires (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fantozzi va in pensione
director: Neri Parenti actor: Paolo Villaggio / 米莱娜·武科蒂奇 …
other title: Fantozzi geht in Pension / Fantozzi va in pensione …
After thirty years in the big corporation, Ugo Fantozzi retires. Suddenly, he needs things to do in everyday life and he tries a number of activities: helping Pina shopping; babysitting grand-daughter Uga; a trip to Venice; learning golf. He then fakes documents to get a new job, but in the end he becomes a hypochondriac and doesn't even take a long-awaited chance with Miss Silvani.
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Fantozzi The Return (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fantozzi - Il ritorno
director: Neri Parenti actor: Paolo Villaggio / 米莱娜·武科蒂奇 …
other title: Fantozzi - Il ritorno / Fantozzi – Il ritorno …
Ugo Fantozzi has been ejected from Heaven and is sent back to Earth for a short period of time until the staff in Heaven can get Fantozzi a place there. Fantozzi goes through a variety of unfortunate experiences, such as rescuing his retro punk granddaughter Uga, and having to pay a vast telephone bill due to frequent chat line conversations. He ends up getting arrested instead of his ex-boss, who was originally charged with corruption. Just as he is about to enjoy the World Cup Final with Italy, he is called back into Heaven. Can he find peace once again?