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Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! (Fabrizio Bentivoglio, 2007; 104 min.)
(November 14, 2008)With Antimino Merolillo, Ernesto Mahieux, Lina Sastri, Roberto De Francesco, Luigi Montini, Flavio Bonacci, Ugo Fangareggi, Daria D’Antonio, Peppe Servillo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Golino, Toni Servillo
1976, Caserta, Southern Italy. To a
void being drafted, Faustino “Johnny” Ciaramella (Antimino Merolillo), who just finished school, must prove to be employed as a guitarist. He is the only person who can support his widowed mother (Lina Sastri). But getting a contract out of slippery music manager Raffaele Nigro (Ernesto Mahieux) reveals to be difficult. Faustino plays for a band led by alcoholic Mimmo Falasco (Toni Servillo); but suddenly his summer tour comes to an end at Roccamorfina. When faded ’60s bandleader Augusto Riverberi (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) arrives in town, Raffaele nominates Faustino the maestro’s personal assistant. But at the end Raffaele absconds with the box office, Riverberi returns to Milan, and Faustino is without a contract once more...
void being drafted, Faustino “Johnny” Ciaramella (Antimino Merolillo), who just finished school, must prove to be employed as a guitarist. He is the only person who can support his widowed mother (Lina Sastri). But getting a contract out of slippery music manager Raffaele Nigro (Ernesto Mahieux) reveals to be difficult. Faustino plays for a band led by alcoholic Mimmo Falasco (Toni Servillo); but suddenly his summer tour comes to an end at Roccamorfina. When faded ’60s bandleader Augusto Riverberi (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) arrives in town, Raffaele nominates Faustino the maestro’s personal assistant. But at the end Raffaele absconds with the box office, Riverberi returns to Milan, and Faustino is without a contract once more...ADDITIONAL FACTS:
The movie was presented at the following festivals:
ANNECY CINEMA ITALIEN 2008
FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA ITALIANO DI PARIGI 2008
FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA ITALIANO DI STOCCOLMA 2008
FESTIVAL DU FILM ITALIEN DE VILLERUPT 2008
KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008
TORINO FILM FESTIVAL 2007
ANNECY CINEMA ITALIEN 2008
FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA ITALIANO DI PARIGI 2008
FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA ITALIANO DI STOCCOLMA 2008
FESTIVAL DU FILM ITALIEN DE VILLERUPT 2008
KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008
TORINO FILM FESTIVAL 2007
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