Eccezzziunale... veramente

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Eccezzziunale... veramente
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2012 poster for a 30th-anniversary screening of the film
Directed by Carlo Vanzina
Written byCarlo Vanzina
Diego Abatantuono
Enrico Vanzina
Produced by Claudio Bonivento
Alessandro Fracassi
Starring
CinematographyAlberto Spagnoli
Edited by Raimondo Crociani
Music by Detto Mariano
Release date
  • 9 April 1982 (1982-04-09)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Eccezzziunale... veramente [1] is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. [2]

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Plot

Diego Abatantuono portrays three different parts as a supporter of the three main football teams of Italy: A.C. Milan, Internazionale and Juventus.

The three characters are: Donato Cavallo (A.C. Milan supporter), the chief of the hooligans of the southern stand in San Siro stadium; Franco Alfano, Inter supporter who believes he won the football lottery, but it's just a prank made by his friends; Tirzan, Juventus supporter, is a truck driver from Apulia, who decided to follow his beloved team to Belgium for a European Cup game.

Cast

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References

  1. The title is a distorted form of veramente eccezionale (roughly, "really outstanding") based on Abatantuono's trademark slang of the time, mimicking the talk of a poorly educated immigrant from Southern Italy.
  2. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.