The Barber of Rio

The Barber of Rio
Directed by	Giovanni Veronesi
Written by	Ugo Chiti Giovanni Veronesi
Starring	Diego Abatantuono
Cinematography	Maurizio Calvesi
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Irene Grandi Dado Parisini Telonio
Distributed by	Cecchi Gori
Release date	18 October 1996 (1996-10-18)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	5.2 billion lira (Italy) [1]

The Barber of Rio (Italian : Il barbiere di Rio) is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Giovanni Veronesi. ^[2]

Cast

• Diego Abatantuono as Matteo
• Zuleika Dos Santos as Giorginha
• Rocco Papaleo as Ugo
• Giuseppe Oristanio as Rocco
• Margaret Mazzantini as Silvia
• Renata Fronzi as Angelina
• Dario Tata as Alex
• Claudio Bignone as Simone
• Antonio Petrocelli as the policeman
• Irene Grandi as Guardian angel
• Mauro Di Francesco, Nini Salerno and Ugo Conti as Italians in Rio

Reception

By 30 November, the film had grossed 5.2 billion lira in Italy. ^[1]

References

1. "Top 10 Domestic Films 1996". Screen International . 4 April 1997. p. 17. Figures represent approximately 74% of potential income
2. "Abatantuono barbiere di Rio" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 1 October 1996. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

External links

• The Barber of Rio at IMDb