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Release Date:
April 3, 2009
Original Title:
Gli Amici del Bar Margherita
Alternate Titles:
A Margherita Bár barátai
Przyjaciele z baru Margherita
Друзья бара «Маргерита»
バール・マルゲリータに集う仲間たち
瑪格麗塔之友
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Duea Film
RAI Cinema
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
IT: T
Runtime: 90
Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.
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Additional Hairstylist:
Giammarco Gaeta
Administration:
Fiammetta Alessandra De Nigris
Assistant Camera:
Stefano Guidi
Assistant Director:
Anna Cuocolo
Boom Operator:
Fabio Sabatini
Chief Lighting Technician:
Francesco Rachini
Cinematography:
Pasquale Rachini
Costume Design:
Steno Tonelli
Dialogue Editor:
Alessandro Doni
Digital Compositor:
Francesco Cosatti
Pasquale Di Viccaro
Giulia Infurna
Fabio Luongo
Sara Paesani
Director:
Pupi Avati
Director of Photography:
Pasquale Rachini
Driver:
Gianfranco Alessandrelli
Franco Rucco
Editor:
Amedeo Salfa
Electrician:
Giorgio De Marchis
Marco Rachini
Angelo Russo
Extras Casting:
Antonio Spoletini
Finishing Producer:
Marco Ruggieri
First Assistant Camera:
Alberto Marchiori
First Assistant Director:
Roberto Farina
Focus Puller:
Fabio Ciotto
Riccardo Umetelli
Foley Artist:
Alessandro Arcangeli
Grip:
Massimiliano Anzellotti
Pasquale Cioffi
Simone Gulli
Giorgio Protti
Idea:
Pupi Avati
Key Grip:
Claudio Ricci
Key Makeup Artist:
Federico Laurenti
Makeup Artist:
Marta Roggero
Music:
Lucio Dalla
Music Supervisor:
Giampaolo Cantini
Novel:
Margherita Spampinato
Post Production Producer:
Dario Di Vito
Producer:
Antonio Avati
Pupi Avati
Production Assistant:
As Chianese
Production Design:
Giuliano Pannuti
Property Master:
Walter Belli
Screenplay:
Pupi Avati
Script Editor:
Margherita Spampinato
Second Assistant Director:
Alvise Barbaro
Set Costumer:
Carlotta Moricci
Set Dresser:
Pasquale Tricoci
Sound Editor:
Andrea Doni
Sound Effects Editor:
Federico Amodio
Arianna Arcangeli
Sound Mixer:
Ivan Sibio
Story:
Pupi Avati
Stunt Coordinator:
Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunt Driver:
Riccardo Mioni
Stunts:
Massimiliano Bianchi
Supervising Sound Editor:
Tullio Arcangeli
Trainee Production Coordinator:
Salvatore Lizzio
Giovanni Sinopoli
Visual Effects:
Yuri Silvestri
Writer:
Pupi Avati
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