Original title L'abbuffata
Genre Comedy
Director Mimmo Calopresti
Country, yearITALIA, 2007
Runtime 102
Production Istituto Luce - Cooperativa Gage' ( Calopresti Mimmo) Dania Film ( Martino Luciano)
Release date 16/11/2007
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Cinecittà rights Theatrical Italy, International rights sales, Domestic rights sales, Co-production
Film
L’abbuffata
Diamante, a small town in Calabria, southern Italy. Hardly an exciting place. Gabriele, Marco and Nicola are three youngsters, who would like to shoot a movie. They interview an old lady, who recalls the love of her life, a distant cousin of hers who emigrated to America as a youth, whose return she is still waiting for. Indeed, a suitable plot for a movie. Neri is a former film director who shot one successful movie and then retired to Diamante. They ask for his help, in vain though. So they decide to travel to Rome, and Elena, Marco’s sister, goes with them. Here, Francesco, a friend of Neri’s, unwillingly accommodates them. They end up getting involved in the TV showbiz rather than cinema, and realise it’s not that bad after all. However, they meet Amelie, a French, girl, who seems to be interested in their intent, and tells them she will mention it to Gerard, her fiancé, who actually turns out to be Gerard Depardieu, the renowned French actor…Could this be the turning point for them?
Crew
Screenplay Monica Zappelli, Mimmo Calopresti
Editing Raimondo Aiello
Costume design Carolina Olcese
Set design Alessandro Marrazzo
Music Sregio Cammeriere
Cast
Gabriele PAOLO BRIGUGLIA
Elena ELENA LEONE
Marco LORENZO DI CIACCIA
Nicola LELE NUCERA
Neri DIEGO ABATANTUONO
Il professore NINO FRASSICA
Amelie VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI
Enza DONATELLA FINOCCHIARO
con la partecipazione straordinaria di GERARD DEPARDIEU