The Friends At The Margherita Café (2009) [N/A]

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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