Giacomo Poretti Movies
- 2002
Directed by Aldo Baglio, La Leggenda di Al, John e Jack (The Legend of Al, John and Jack) follows a trio of klutzy mobsters fumbling through the Italian crime underworld in the late '50s. The film begins at a drive-in movie where Al (Aldo Baglio), John (Giovanni Storti), and Jack (Giacomo Poretti) have rewired a car speaker in hopes of catching incriminating evidence on a fellow gangster's plans. Things go awry, however, when Al gets short-term amnesia from an inadvertent electrical shock. His compatriots take it upon themselves to re-inform him of his role in the accidental murder of one of their boss' old friends. In order to avoid death themselves, the three inept mobsters must concoct a plan to earn his forgiveness and prove their loyalty. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, (more)
- 2000
Three feuding friends discover making up is hard to do in this broad comedy. Aldo (Aldo Baglio), Giovanni (Giovanni Storti), and Giacomo (Giacomo Poretti) are thee actors who were once close friends and long dreamed of staging a new production of their favorite stage play, Cyrano de Bergerac. However, when Aldo fell in love, it led to a bitter disagreement between the friends; Aldo went his own way, while Giovanni and Giacomo continued to work together. However, when word gets back to Giovanni and Giacomo several years later that Aldo has fallen ill and is near death, the two old friends decide it's time to bury the hatchet, and they travel to Sicily to visit him. But Giovanni decides to bring along his former girlfriend, Marina (Marina Massironi), and soon things get complicated between Giacomo and his old buddy. Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, and Giacomo Poretti wrote and directed Chiedimi Se Sono Felice in addition to playing the leading roles; it was the third box-office hit for the comic trio, who are also perennial stars on Italian television. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, (more)
- 1997
This road movie is the second feature spin-off from the popular Italian TV comedy series Never Say Goal. Three hardware store sales clerks (Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, and Giacomo Poretti) travel from Milan to southern Puglia. Aldo and Giovanni are married to the daughters of their boss Eros (Carlo Croccolo), and Giacomo is on the brink of wedding the third. On the road, they carry Eros' pet dog and a valuable sculpture of a leg. Unfortunately, they accidentally kill the dog. After they pick up vacationing Chiara (Marina Massironi), Giacomo falls for her. There are more misadventures with the leg -- while Eros becomes furious over the delays. The film includes parody sequences satirizing vampire tales, gangster movies, and Italian neo-realism. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, (more)
- 1991
Guiseppe (Paolog Migone), living in Italy in the 1950s, knows that he is poor and his country is poor. Nonetheless, he has a little romance going on with Maria and passes much of his time pleasantly enough, playing billiards at a local eatery. However, when he hears from his friend Franco that Sweden is a "paradise" and that he can earn big money there, he picks up stakes and heads to this unlikely land of milk and honey. He gets his first intimation of things to come when he and other immigrants from southern Europe are routinely deloused at the border. Then he heads off into the countryside to find his friend Franco. It turns out that he works at a pretty grim factory for lower wages than he had bragged of, and that "paradise" consists of a barracks that the immigrant workers live in. All the same, Guiseppe gets a job at the factory and tries to make the best of it. However, not only is his daily billiards game not possible, but the local people take a dim view of Italians dating their women -- especially if the women are married. It's soon time for him to consider moving back to his home. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gian Luca Favilla, Giacomo Poretti, (more)
