Eccezzziunale... veramente
{{short description|1982 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Eccezzziunale... veramente
| image = Eccezzziunale... veramente.jpg
| caption = 2012 poster for a 30th-anniversary screening of the film
| director = Carlo Vanzina
| producer = Claudio Bonivento
Alessandro Fracassi
| writer = Carlo Vanzina
Diego Abatantuono
Enrico Vanzina
| starring = {{plainlist|
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| music = Detto Mariano
| cinematography = Alberto Spagnoli
| editing = Raimondo Crociani
| released = {{film date|1982|4|9|df=yes}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
}}
Eccezzziunale... veramente{{efn|The title is a distorted form of {{lang|it|veramente eccezionale}} (roughly translating to "really outstanding") based on Abatantuono's trademark slang of the time, mimicking the talk of a poorly educated immigrant from Southern Italy.}} is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/1937-1988/ |title=Italian Comedy - The State of Things |access-date=1 August 2010 |work=labiennale.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801004911/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/1937-1988/ |archive-date=1 August 2010}}
Plot
Diego Abatantuono portrays three different parts as a supporter of the three main football teams of Italy: A.C. Milan, Internazionale and Juventus.
The three characters are: Donato Cavallo (A.C. Milan supporter), the chief of the hooligans of the southern stand in San Siro stadium; Franco Alfano, Inter supporter who believes he won the football lottery, but it's just a prank made by his friends; Tirzan, Juventus supporter, is a truck driver from Apulia, who decided to follow his beloved team to Belgium for a European Cup game.
Cast
- Diego Abatantuono as Donato Cavallo / Franco Alfano / Felice La Pezza, aka "Tirzan"
- Massimo Boldi as Massimo
- Teo Teocoli as Teo
- Stefania Sandrelli as Loredana
- Yorgo Voyagis as "The Slav"
- Ugo Conti as Ugo
- Anna Melato as Franco's Wife
- Gianfranco Barra as Inspector Patanè
- Clara Colosimo as Franco's mother-in-law
- Renzo Ozzano as a Parisian Inspector
- Renato D'Amore as Sandrino
- Franco Caraccioloas a Hitchhiker
- Enio Drovandi as a Policeman
- Guido Nicheli as a Man at a bar
- Franca Scagnetti as La Monica's Wife
Notes
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0083871|title=Eccezzziunale... veramente}}
{{Carlo Vanzina}}
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Category:1980s sports comedy films
Category:Films directed by Carlo Vanzina
Category:Films scored by Detto Mariano
Category:Italian sports comedy films
Category:1980s Italian-language films
Category:Italian association football films
Category:Italian-language sports comedy films
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