Festival (1996)
Franco Melis is utterly humiliated at being reduced to performing stand-up comedy before young unappreciative audiences who do not realize that he was once a great and highly respected star, and, desperate for a chance to reclaim his lost fame, he jumps at the opportunity to appear in a low-budget independent art film. It is being specially made for exhibition at the Venice Film festival. This Italian comedy chronicles the struggle of Melis, one that grows even more difficult in the face of a press that is more interested in the juicy details of his personal life than in his new movie. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Pupi Avati
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Synopsis of Festival
Franco Melis is utterly humiliated at being reduced to performing stand-up comedy before young unappreciative audiences who do not realize that he was once a great and highly respected star, and, desperate for a chance to reclaim his lost fame, he jumps at the opportunity to appear in a low-budget independent art film. It is being specially made for exhibition at the Venice Film festival. This Italian comedy chronicles the struggle of Melis, one that grows even more difficult in the face of a press that is more interested in the juicy details of his personal life than in his new movie. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Festival
- Massimo Bonetti - Pigi
- Isabelle Pasco - Alexandra
- Gianni Cavina - Renzo Polpo
- Lorenzo Flaherty - Elio
- Andrea Scorzoni - Pierannunzio
- Irene Grazioli - Elisabetta
- Massimo Boldi - Franco Melis
- Alberto di Stasio - Leo Cordio
- Elide Melli - Nina
- Margaret Mazzantini - Carla Melis
- Director(s):
- Pupi Avati
- Writer(s):
- Antonio Avanti, Pupi Avati, Doriano Fasoli
- Producer(s):
- Aurelio De Laurentiis, Antonio Avanti
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