Ivo the Genius

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Ivo the Genius
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Alessandro Benvenuti
Written byAlessandro Benvenuti
Ugo Chiti
Nicola Zavagli
StarringAlessandro Benvenuti
Francesca Neri
Cinematography Blasco Giurato
Music by Patrizio Fariselli
Production
company
Union P.N. [1]
Distributed by United International Pictures [1]
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Ivo the Genius (Italian : Ivo il tardivo) is a 1995 Italian comedy drama film co-written, directed and starred by Alessandro Benvenuti. [2] [3]

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Plot

Ivo, a troubled forty-year old man, keen on solving puzzles has just recovered from a mental illness. He goes back to his hometown where he meets Sara, who wants to help him at all costs. He falls in love with her and in order to keep seeing her he agrees to go and live with four people with mental problems with whom he sets up a kind of misfits community. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ivo il tardivo (1995)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
  3. ↑ David Rooney (November 5, 1995). "Review: 'Ivo the Genius'". Variety . Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Benvenuti, Alessandro (1995-10-27), Ivo il tardivo (Comedy, Drama), Alessandro Benvenuti, Francesca Neri, Davide Bechini, retrieved 2023-11-27


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