Avanti! (1972)
Original title: avanti!
Production: Italy, USA|144 min
Comedy, Romantic

wendell ambruster jr, a busy and neurotic industrialist arrives in ischia to bring back to america the body of his father who died in an accident. in the island he meets pamela piggott, a romantic londoner, who in turn came to bury her mother, who died with wendell senior, with whom she had a secret relationship for ten years. pamela wants to bury them in ischia where they met every year, but the bureaucratic slowness, the intrigues and the small blackmail of the islanders exasperate wendell. one evening, after many fights, he realizes he is attracted to pamela and the two find themselves in the same situation as their parents. the two bodies will rest together; wendell returns to america, but will have an appointment every year in ischia with pamela.
Festivals and awards
Golden Globe 1973 - nomination Migliore film commedia
Golden Globe 1973 - nomination migliore regia
Origin of the subject
dall'opera teatrale: Avanti! (1968, Samuel A. Taylor)
Direction

Production and Screenplay



Richard Rodgers: produttore


Characters and Interpreters
Anna, la cameriera
Giselda Castrini(età:27)
Bruno

Carlo Carlucci

Matarazzo

Pamela Piggott

arnoldo trotta

il giovane trotta
Franco Acampora(età:28)
j.j. blodgett

rossi, guardiano dell'eliporto

wendell armbruster jr.

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Bruno Alias(età:44)
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Andrea Esterhazy(età:59)
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Harry Ray(età:63)
Technical staff



Adalgisa Favella: parrucchiere
Annalisa Nasalli rocca: costumista
Isa Bartalini: casting


Harry Ray: truccatore
Voices and Dubbing
Version Italia(1972)




