Roberto Brunetti Movies
- 2001
Two couples straying from fidelity find themselves looking in the same direction in this comedy from Italy. Filippo (Alessandro Benvenuti) and Anna (Elena Sofia Ricci) are a married couple looking to spice up their relationship, and one night while they're drinking they spot Giulia (Micaela Ramazzotti), an attractive young woman. Filippo and Anna have never had a ménage à trois, but they're game to give it a try, and attempt to persuade Giulia to join them. However, Giulia is already making another marriage more interesting; she has been having an affair with Ugo (Ricky Tognazzi), who is not getting along with his wife Marcella (Giuppy Izzo). While Commedia Sexy does feature brief nudity, most of the sex is talked about rather than shown. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alessandro Benvenuti, Elena Sofia Ricci, (more)
- 1999
This Italian comedy takes an affectionate look at a motley group of free-lance photographers desperate to grab a good shot of a celebrity, with a host of Italian TV personalities appearing as themselves. "The Potato" (Roberto Brunetti) is a would-be paparazzo who lives with his uncle (Christian De Sica) and two other aspiring cameramen, "King" (Diego Abatantuono) and "Ciro 3000" (Nino D'Angelo). They join forces with the remarkably inept "Mr. Bean" (Massimo Boldi, and no relation to Rowan Atkinson's better-known character of the same name) in hopes of getting the kind of pictures that will make their reputation. The stalked celebrities in Paparazzi include Brigitte Nielsen, who with characteristic aggressiveness threatens one of the shutterbugs with a large pair of scissors. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christian de Sica, Massimo Boldi, (more)
- 1997
Former cabaret performer Leonardo Pieraccioni (The Cyclone) directed, co-scripted (with Giovanni Veronesi), and stars in this popular Italian film, given the widest opening release in Italian film history. Ottone (Pieraccioni) and beautiful Lorenza (Claudia Gerini) are pet-store partners. He loses his lover to a butcher and moves in with his friend Barbara (Barbara Enrichi). At the same time, he courts secretly married Argentine heiress Luna (Vanessa Lorenzo), who is simply toying with the unsuspecting Ottone. Ottone's pal Germano (Massimo Ceccherini), once struck by lightning, survived because of his rubber Spiderman boots. Germano and Ottone both yearn for true love, but problems always arise. In the Maldives, Ottone seeks out a psychoanalyst (Luigi Petrucci) in hopes of gaining some understanding of his confused relationships with the opposite sex. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leonardo Pieraccioni, Vanessa Lorenzo, (more)
