21 Movies Starring Diego Abatantuono

A Boy from Calabria

A Boy from Calabria

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-09-11

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (216 Reviews)

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Demetrio Casile (previous screenplay)

Francesca Comencini

Luigi Comencini

Ugo Pirro

Fullplot:

On Tour

On Tour

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-04-06

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (574 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Francesca Marciano

Alessandro Vivarelli

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Paolo Virzè

Fullplot:

Two actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him.

On Tour

On Tour

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-04-06

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (576 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Francesca Marciano

Alessandro Vivarelli

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Paolo Virzè

Fullplot:

Two actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him.

Mediterraneo

Mediterraneo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-01-31

Languages:

Italian, English, Greek, Turkish

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (9993 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there. Actually, the island isn't deserted and when the Greeks understand that those Italians are harmless, they came out of their hiding places in the mountains and continue their peaceful lives. Soon the soldiers discover that being left behind in a God-forgotten Greek island isn't such a bad thing, after all...

Puerto Escondido

Puerto Escondido

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-12-17

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (888 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Pino Cacucci (novel)

Enzo Monteleone (screenplay)

Diego Abatantuono (screenplay)

Gabriele Salvatores (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mario leads a normal life, working in a Milan bank. His daily routine is shattered when he witnesses a murder and is shot himself by the killer, a deranged police commissioner. To save his life, he must abandon his life and flee to Puerto Escondido, Mexico. When he runs out of money he teams up with Alex and Anita, a couple of Italians that will lead him on to a series of adventures and encounters with drug dealers, corrupt police officers and other weird characters.

Nel continente nero

Nel continente nero

Basic Info:

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (109 Reviews)

Director:

Marco Risi

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Andrea Purgatori (screenplay)

Andrea Purgatori (story)

Marco Risi (screenplay)

Marco Risi (story)

Maurizio Tedesco (story)

Fullplot:

Per amore, solo per amore

Per amore, solo per amore

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-10-29

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (171 Reviews)

Genres:

History

Cast:

Writer:

Ugo Chiti

Pasquale Festa Campanile (novel)

Giovanni Veronesi

Fullplot:

The Nativity of Mary, from Joseph point of view.

Il toro

Il toro

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-09-30

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (286 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Umberto Contarello

Carlo Mazzacurati

Sandro Petraglia

Stefano Rulli

Fullplot:

Italia, 1994. Franco e Loris are two friends that decide to steal a stud bull. The bull is worth a lot. Their idea is to immediately leave Italy and try to sell the bull in Hungary. But east Europe is not exactly what they were expecting. The troubles, the miseries and the reality of the countries they are crossing change step by step their minds. The new way of thinking will drive them to a new kind of friendships.

Nirvana

Nirvana

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-24

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(4933 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gabriele Salvatores

Pino Cacucci (screenplay)

Gloria Corica (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jimi, a successful computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.

The Best Man

The Best Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-08-21

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (340 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Incredibly, the bride at the altar falls in love with the best man on first sight, and even though he makes efforts to avoid her infatuation with him, she is determined to annul her marriage and marry the best man. And although she is able to dissolve her marriage, because she has never consummated it, the best man leaves... only to return to her many months later.

The Last Minute

The Last Minute

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-02-26

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (98 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Pupi Avati (screenplay)

Antonio Avati (screenplay)

Italo Cucci (screenplay)

Pupi Avati (story)

Antonio Avati (story)

Michele Plastino (dialogue)

Italo Cucci (story)

Fullplot:

Children of Hannibal

Children of Hannibal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-03-13

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (171 Reviews)

Director:

Davide Ferrario

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Davide Ferrario (story)

Diego Abatantuono (story)

Sergio Rubini (story)

Davide Ferrario (screenplay)

Diego Abatantuono (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A bungling bank robber, an uncooperative hostage with a secret, a gay policeman and a situation which rapidly goes from bad to worse are the ingredients to this very funny and unpredictable caper flick. Sad sack Domenico is an unemployed man who decides to rob a Turin bank and then to travel north to Switzerland with his loot. But things don't work out that way: For the heist is messy and he ends up with the tall, patrician Tommaso as his hostage. Tommaso, a businessman who is on the verge of bankruptcy, quickly takes over and convinces convincing Domenico to, instead, head south, get help from a friend of Tommaso and sail off to Egypt. But the plan soon unravels, as Domenico discovers that the friend, Orfeo, is actually Tommaso's lover and a policeman to boot. The odd couple is now the odd triangle and when Tommaso's grown-up daughter decides to come along as well, the likelihood of poor Domenico getting out of the country becomes more and more complicated.

Per amore, solo per amore

Per amore, solo per amore

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-10-29

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (172 Reviews)

Genres:

History

Cast:

Writer:

Ugo Chiti

Pasquale Festa Campanile (novel)

Giovanni Veronesi

Fullplot:

The Nativity of Mary, from Joseph point of view.

Unfair Competition

Unfair Competition

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-02-23

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1070 Reviews)

Director:

Ettore Scola

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Furio Scarpelli (story)

Ettore Scola (screenplay)

Furio Scarpelli (screenplay)

Silvia Scola (screenplay)

Giacomo Scarpelli (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the neighborhood. But they leave differences aside when the rise of Fascism places Anti-Semitic politics which rigidly control business like the one conducted by the Jewish Leone, and those new regulations are viewed by Umberto as completely unfair. The long rivalry soon becomes a great friendship.

Momo

Momo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-12-21

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy, Germany

Runtime:

80 min

IMDB Ratings:

(213 Reviews)

Director:

Enzo D'Alè

Cast:

Writer:

Enzo D'Alè

Michael Ende (novel)

Umberto Marino

Fullplot:

A little girl Momo tries to save the world from the Gray Men intent on stealing people's time.

Amnèsia

Amnèsia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-15

Languages:

Italian, Spanish, English

Countries:

Italy, Spain

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (802 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Andrea Garello (story)

Gabriele Salvatores (story)

Ramèn Salazar (collaborator for adaptation)

Fullplot:

Christmas Rematch

Christmas Rematch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-01-30

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (515 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

2061: Un anno eccezionale

2061: Un anno eccezionale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-26

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

IMDB Ratings:

3.6 (302 Reviews)

Director:

Carlo Vanzina

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-03

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (431 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Fullplot:

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Cafè, 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.

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-03

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (437 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Fullplot:

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Cafè, 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.

Things from Another World

Things from Another World

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-03

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (386 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Diego De Silva (screenwriter)

Giovanna Koch (screenwriter)

Francesco Patierno (screenwriter)

Fullplot:

Maroso Golfetto is a firm manager from Veneto who is always yelling at his employees, all either immigrants or Southern Italians. He regularly appears on the local TV channel where he keeps denouncing the evils of immigration and is very popular with everybody including with kids. His speech hits home better than that of Lucia, their anti-racist schoolmistress. And what will be will be : by dint of invoking the help of God to rid Veneto of its immigrants the miracle finally happens : one morning they have all disappeared. But is that really a blessing ?

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