Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for autographs and personal appearances. While Celentano tries to romance Emanuela Mazzolani, the daughter of a well-to-do resident who dissaproves of the union between his daughter and the man he thinks of as a “punk”, Peppino, unaware of the true nature of his job to impersonate Celentano, tries to deal with his girlfriend’s newborn baby which gets switched around between him and Celentano.Read More »
Adriano Celentano
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Lucio Fulci – Uno strano tipo AKA The Strange Type (1963)
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Pasquale Festa Campanile – Bingo Bongo (1982)
1981-1990ComedyItalyPasquale Festa CampanileA monkey like man found in the jungles of Congo is brought to Milan, Italy and is called Bingo Bongo. Only Laura, an anthropologist, believes in his human qualities.Read More »
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Paolo Cavara – I malamondo (1964)
Documentary1961-1970ItalyPaolo CavaraThis documentary looks at strange behaviors and practices in Europe, including nude skiing in Switzerland, hog-butchering in Italy, and an orgy in a graveyard.Read More »
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Dario Argento – Le cinque giornate AKA The Five Days (1973)
1971-1980ComedyDario ArgentoDramaItalyDario Argento wanted to do something different after completing the Animal trilogy. He wanted to do a film that got away from the confines of the giallo and was for the Italian viewer only. Dario decided for this kind of film to be a period piece called Le Cinque Giornate/Five Days in Milan(1973). Dario’s work on the excellent Once Upon a Time in the West(1969) played a big part in the making of the movie.Read More »
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Franco Castellano & Giuseppe Moccia – Il bisbetico domato AKA The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980)
1971-1980ComedyFranco CastellanoGiuseppe MocciaItalyRomanceA grouchy farmer, known around his small Italian town as being wonderful to his employees, but actively driving everyone else away, is in for a surprise when a beautiful girl from the city, ends up on his stoop after her car breaks down in the rain.Read More »