Avanti! (1972)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Billy Wilder

Escritores:

I.A.L. Diamond (writer)
Samuel A. Taylor (play)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 diciembre 1972 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Romance

Plot:

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Italy | Mistress | Topless Woman | Funeral

Premios:

Won Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Come In! -- And Enjoy an Enchanting Romantic Comedy!

Reparto

Jack Lemmon	...	Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
Juliet Mills	...	Pamela Piggott
Clive Revill	...	Carlo Carlucci
Edward Andrews	...	J.J. Blodgett
Gianfranco Barra	...	Bruno
Franco Angrisano	...	Arnold Trotta
Pippo Franco	...	Mattarazzo
Franco Acampora	...	Armando Trotta
Giselda Castrini	...	Anna
Raffaele Mottola	...	Passport officer
Lino Coletta	...	Cipriani
Harry Ray	...	Dr. Fleischmann
Guidarino Guidi	...	Maitre D'
Giacomo Rizzo	...	Barman
Antonino Faa Di Bruno	...	Concierge (as Antonino Faa' Di Bruno)

También conocida como:

Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? (Italy)
¿Qué ocurrió entre mi padre y tu madre? (Spain) [es]

Duración:

140 min

País:

USA | Italy

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Amalfi Coast, Amalfi, Salerno, Campania, Italy

Compañía:

Jalem Productions

Trivialidades:

Juliet Mills gained 25 pounds within 6 weeks to take on the role of Pamela Piggott.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: The five Wall Street Journal copies on the table are all the same date.

Citas:

J.J. Blodgett: [as the helicopter is approaching the Ischia heliport] Are you guys sure this is Ischia?
Helicopter pilot: Reasonably sure, sir.
J.J. Blodgett: Because I don't wanna land in Africa!
Helicopter pilot: That would be bigger, sir.

Conexiones de Película:

References Love Story (1970)

Banda de Sonido:

Senza Fine

Come In! -- And Enjoy an Enchanting Romantic Comedy!

Billy Wilder & Jack Lemmon didn't go straight for the belly laughs in this departure from their usual all-out-crazy comedies. Fans of the masters will be pleasantly surprised by this delightful romantic comedy, which captivates the viewer from the very start. Mezmerizing backdrop music plays as though secretly staged by Cupid standing by to assure that lovebirds will find one another. Lemmon plays the son of a mega-wealthy American business man who had to drop everything to fly to Italy in order to claim the father's remains after a car accident. En route to his late father's "final stop", Lemmon runs in to a persistent young woman, who turns out to be the daughter of the woman with whom the father had had a lengthy affair, and who was found lovingly slung around his neck as they both died in said accident.

The situation seems rather awkward at first, but eventually Lemmon and the young woman begin following into the exact same steps their departed parents had done years earlier. The picture is completed by a brilliant supporting cast of hotel personnel and colorful locals. The performance of the multi-talented and ever-present-minded hotel manager was Oscar worthy.

Listening to the testimony of all people asked, Lemmon learns that his late father and his "friend" were viewed as Royalty, nothing less than figures from a fairy tale. The concluding scenes are the final touches to a most enchanting romantic comedy, one that has few rivals in its category. Billy Wilder has done it again. What he missed in big laughs, he made up in many magic moments and gentle pressures to your tear glands. One of the very best out there. Belissima!