Troppo forte
Troppo forte (also known as Great, He's Too Much and Too Much) is a 1986 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone.[1][2][3]
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Directed by | Carlo Verdone |
Written by | Rodolfo Sonego Sergio Leone Carlo Verdone Alberto Sordi |
Starring | Carlo Verdone Alberto Sordi Stella Hall |
Music by | Antonello Venditti |
Cinematography | Danilo Desideri |
Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Plot
Oscar Pettinari is a young hick from the suburbs of Rome who attends Cinecittà studies, posing as a neighbourhood bully and dreaming of a great acting career, but he is forced to make a living as a stuntman in minor films. Discarded for the umpteenth audition for a large production, a disappointed Oscar, driven by whimsical lawyer Giangiacomo Pigna Corelli, who he met casually, lets himself be convinced to take revenge on the rich producer of the film, cheating him with a false car accident: however, that day the producer's lover, Nancy, a young Italian American actress indicated as a rising star of the star system, was driving the car. The incident, and the possible scandal that could ensue, cost her the dismissal.
Abandoned by everyone and stuck in Rome penniless, Nancy finds no other foothold than Oscar, who, being a man with a mild and good-natured soul, offers her hospitality in his home; as the days go by, trying to help each other, a strong friendship is born between the two, and even something deeper. At the same time, Oscar is grappling with the increasingly frequent quirks of his lawyer, who is determined to bring the attempted scam even to court, and in order to win the case, he drags his client in situations to the limit, between unnecessary surgical operations and far-fetched harangue.
Everything degenerates when Oscar discovers that Pigna Corelli is nothing more than a mythomaniac, stumbled upon yet another crisis of personality: suddenly realizing the glare, the boy sees his love vanish shortly thereafter when Nancy returns in the United States, determined to resume her career, but now well aware of how fame is not everything. Oscar feels very sorry, but does not give up and, after all, made more mature by the latest events, goes to face another audition with a renewed awareness.
Cast
- Carlo Verdone as Oscar Pettinari
- Stella Hall as Nancy
- Alberto Sordi as Giangiacomo Pigna Corelli in Selci
- Sal Da Vinci as Capua
- Mario Brega as Sergio
- John Steiner as Mr. Adams
- Penny Brown as Susan Taylor
- Franca Dominici as Domitilla, Pigna Corelli's mother
- Michele Mirabella as a Lawyer
References
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
- "Chi si rivede, Moriconi Nando! Ma ora è diventato 'metallaro'". La Repubblica. 1986-01-31. p. 16. Retrieved 24 June 2014.