F.F.S.S." cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (1983)

Roma. Renzo Arbore e Luciano De Crescenzo sono in cerca di idee per il loro nuovo film. In giro per la città si ritrovano sotto le finestre di Federico Fellini, mentre un suo manoscritto ... See full summary »

Director:

Renzo Arbore

Writer:

Renzo Arbore

Stars:

Renzo Arbore, Pietra Montecorvino, Pippo Baudo

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Renzo Arbore	...	Onliù Caporetto
Pietra Montecorvino	...	Lucia Canaria, the singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pippo Baudo	...	Himself
Roberto Benigni	...	Lo sceicco Beige
Lello Bersani	...	Himself
Isabella Biagini	...	Madonna Sofia
Gianni Boncompagni	...	Himself
Dino Cassio
Alfredo Cerruti	...	Himself
Maurizio Costanzo	...	Man at dinner
Luciano De Crescenzo	...	Himself
Lory Del Santo
Fatebenefratelli	...	Attori dello Show
Nino Frassica	...	Tecnico di Tele Ottaviano
Gerardo Gargiulo

Storyline

Roma. Renzo Arbore e Luciano De Crescenzo sono in cerca di idee per il loro nuovo film. In giro per la città si ritrovano sotto le finestre di Federico Fellini, mentre un suo manoscritto gli vola dalle mani e si perde per la strada. Subito i due si impossessano dei fogli ed iniziano a leggere ed a raccontare di....una ragazza che, accompagnata da un poco di buono volgare ed imroglione, che si spaccia per manager musicale, va in giro per l'Italia a cercare il successo nel mondo della musica leggera. Dopo strambi, assurdi e deludenti incontri, i due si ritrovano a Sanremo, la città del Festival della Canzone Italiana, meta agognata di tutti i cantanti. E la ragazza avrà il suo momento di gloria!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eidoscope Productions, Reteitalia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A must see for anyone who loves Naples

At the beginning of this unforgettable display of creative genius, we see Renzo Arbore and Luciano De Crescenzo driving around the Coliseum, trying to get an idea for their next movie, but to no avail. They start arguing and calling each other names (pure Italian style)...and then the miracle happens: San Gennaro (the patron saint of Naples) makes a traffic light go red for what feels like forever; that makes the car stop right under the window of none other than the great Federico Fellini! He opens it, and a gust of wind makes his script fly out of it, and into the car...that's the beginning of an incredible journey through Italy, its people, their humanity and their prejudices, in the company of some of this country's greatest actors and showbiz people. A young and barely recognizable Benigni features in this quest for glory of a Neapolitan singer and her agent, this Odissey in which Naples is Ulysses, the outcast trying to get back home, and Italy the perilous sea of prejudice and disparity in which many a southern emigrant has found their demise. The finale, in which even an uncredited Massimo Troisi (virtually unknown at the time) sings with a large group of southerners on the stage of the Sanremo Festival (an important singing contest in Italy) will drive any Italian expat on the brink of tears. And the telling of this journey is pure genius. Epic: there is no other word for it.