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The Friends At The Margherita Café (2009)

★ 5.6/10 90 min Drama, Comedy Italy Italian
Director: Pupi Avati
Writer: Pupi Avati
Script Editor: Margherita Spampinato
Idea: Pupi Avati
Story by: Pupi Avati
Screenplay by: Pupi Avati
Novel: Margherita Spampinato
Streaming: Not available

Description

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

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Top Cast

Diego Abatantuono
Diego Abatantuono Al
Pierpaolo Zizzi
Pierpaolo Zizzi Taddeo
Neri Marcorè
Neri Marcorè Bep
Laura Chiatti
Laura Chiatti Marcella
Fabio De Luigi
Fabio De Luigi Gian
Luigi Lo Cascio
Luigi Lo Cascio Manuelo
Claudio Botosso
Claudio Botosso Zanchi
Gianni Ippoliti
Gianni Ippoliti Sarti

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