Two best friends, one cheating girlfriend, zero exit strategies — Italian comedy chaos ensues.
Two stage actors leave on a tournée, but there's a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girlfriend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him.
Acting
Abatantuono and Bentivoglio's excruciating chemistry.
Direction
Salvatores milks every agonizing silence.
Writing
Dialogue that hurts because it's so real.
Director
Gabriele Salvatores
Diego Abatantuono
Dario Nigri
Laura Morante
Vittoria
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Federico Lolli
Luigi Montini
Leonardo Pavia
Barbara Scoppa
Olimpia Carlini
Ugo Conti
Attilio
Eva Vanicek
Ida Florio
Leonardo Gajo
Mattia Giusti
Isabella Perricone
Margherita Olcesi
Nini Salerno
Peruzzi
Claudio Bisio
Gas station attendant
Piero Vivarelli
The American
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Salvatores won Best Director at Cannes for this, beating several major Hollywood contenders.
The film captures Italy's 1990s commedia all'italiana tradition — using laughter to dissect male friendship's fragility.
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