Tolo Tolo

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Tolo Tolo
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The poster of the movie.
Directed by Checco Zalone
Screenplay by Checco Zalone, Paolo Virzì
Story by Checco Zalone, Paolo Virzì
Produced by Pietro Valsecchi
Starring Checco Zalone
Souleymane Sylla
Manda Touré
Edited by Pietro Morana
Music by Checco Zalone
Production
company
Release date
  • January 1, 2020 (2020-01-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Budget€20 million
Box office$52.2 million [1]

Tolo Tolo is a 2020 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Checco Zalone, in his directorial debut. [2]

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The film grossed €46.2 million ($52.2 million) and became the fifth highest-grossing film of all time in Italy, and the 21st highest-grossing film of 2020. [3] [4]

Plot

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Set construction of Tolo Tolo in 2019 in Trieste, Italy.

Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his town Spinazzola. However, after one month, the restaurant goes bankrupt and he chooses to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy. [5]

Cast

Additionally, Nichi Vendola, Enrico Mentana, and Massimo Giletti appear as themselves.

Reception

The film opened with a record-breaking first day gross of €8.7 million, surpassing the previous record achieved by Quo Vado? (2016), in which Checco Zalone had also starred in. [6] By 8 March 2020, the film had grossed €46 million [3] when cinemas in Italy were closed due to the coronavirus lockdown. The film was less well-received than Zalone's previous feature film efforts, with criticisms being aimed at the inconsistent script, direction and the film being less funny, though praising the attempt at discussing a more socially relevant topic.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tolo Toll". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ ""Tolo Tolo": com'è l'esordio alla regia di Checco Zalone" (in Italian). vanityfair.it. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Box Office al 02/03/2020". cinetel.it (in Italian). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 Worldwide Box Office - Box Office Mojo".
  5. ↑ "Tra la Murgia e l'Africa, Checco il genio parla di noi" (in Italian). lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. ↑ ""Tolo Tolo", incassi da record ma Checco Zalone divide gli italiani" (in Italian). iltempo.it. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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