Giovanni Storti 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)
