Radiofreccia (1998) 6.9
Looking back at stories and myths of an Italian small town in the mid-70s. Director:Luciano Ligabue |
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Radiofreccia (1998) 6.9
Looking back at stories and myths of an Italian small town in the mid-70s. Director:Luciano Ligabue |
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Stefano Accorsi | ... |
Ivan 'Freccia' Benassi
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Luciano Federico | ... |
Bruno Jori
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Alessio Modica | ... |
Iena
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Enrico Salimbeni | ... |
Tito
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Roberto Zibetti | ... |
Boris
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Francesco Guccini | ... |
Adolfo
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Patrizia Piccinini | ... |
Marzia
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| Serena Grandi | ... |
Madre di Ivan
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Cristina Moglia | ... |
Cristina
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Cosima Coccheri | ... |
Ragazza della droga
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Paolo Maria Scalondro | ... |
Carlo
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Little Taver | ... |
Kingo
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Manuel Maggioli | ... |
Bonanza
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Paolo Cremonini | ... |
Omero
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Ottorino Ferrari | ... |
Pluto
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Five friends Freccia, Bruno, Tito, Jena and Boris are very keen on music but they live in a little town in northern Italy and spend most of their days at the local bar. They decide to set up an independent radio which soon becomes the voice of a generation. When Freccia dies from an overdose the radio takes his name. Written by Salvatore Santangelo <pappagone2@libero.it>
"Radiofreccia" is still a good surprise in Italian cinema. The film is based on a book of Italian songwriter Luciano Ligabue, who also directs the movie and writes the music score -of course.
The film is a portrait of north Italian province life, in the Emilia Romagna region. We're in 1975, the time of the first free radios -one of the boys of the movie creates "Radioraptus". Youth wishes, friendship, love, sex, individual dramas and unemployment are among the themes, but the film speaks also about drugs -Freccia, the main character, is a victim of heroin slavery.
Without being boring and moralist, the story flows very well; the spontaneity of actors is strong and the way of directing as well. Obviously Luciano "Liga" Ligabue is neither Fellini nor a movie professional, first of all he's a musician. But he succeeds in making a good product. Unfortunately he'll not repeat the success with his second movie "Da zero a dieci" -not good at all.
In "Radiofreccia" actors are generally not very famous, the only star is Stefano Accorsi -one of the most popular young Italian actors. See in a small role another Italian songwriter -Francesco Guccini, he's the nice communist barman and football trainer!