I Made a Splash (Italian: Ho fatto splash) is a 1980 comedy film co-written and directed by Maurizio Nichetti.
| I Made a Splash | |
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| Directed by | Maurizio Nichetti |
| Written by | Maurizio Nichetti Guido Manuli |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi Nicola Carraro |
| Starring | Maurizio Nichetti |
| Cinematography | Mario Battistoni |
| Edited by | Giancarlo Rossi |
| Music by | Detto Mariano |
| Distributed by | Cineriz |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
editIn the 1950s, a child falls into a long sleep in front of the TV during a performance by Nilla Pizzi. He awakens in the early 1980s and must face an entirely changed world dominated by consumism and advertising.
Cast
edit- Maurizio Nichetti as Maurizio
- Luisa Morandini as Luisa
- Angela Finocchiaro as Angela
- Carlina Torta as Carlina
- Daniel Bongiovanni as Mimi's son
- Flavio Bonacci as photographer
- Walter Valdi as robber
- Ugo Bologna as customer
- Massimo Sacelotti as Massimo
- Guido Spadea as impresario
- Lyall Crawford as English director
- Renato Dondi as waiter
- Giulia Lazzarini as Ariel
- Corrado Lojacono as fireman
- Enzo Radicchio as publicist
- Manuela Blanchard as advertising girl
- Mirella Falco as woman in church
- Luis Molteni as man at reception
Production
editPrincipal photography started in May 1980.[1] The film was shot at Icet-De Paolis studios in Cinecittà.[2]
Reception
editPiero Perona in La Stampa noted how the film, "rich in wit and style, consisted mainly of a revisiting of the silent cinema that directly inspired it", particularly Harry Langdon, Max Linder, Larry Semon and Charlie Chaplin.[3] According to Giovanni Grazzini from Corriere della Sera, in this film Nichetti displayed a "a greater maturity in narrative structure but a more fragile inspiration" than in his debut film Ratataplan.[4] Cinema Nuovo's Ivo Franchi described the film as "structurally weak", with "flimsy characters" and comic situations he compared to TV variety show sketches.[2]
References
edit- ^ Porro, Maurizio (24 April 1980). "Nichetti ritenta il colpo: fa «splash » con quattro ragazze". Corriere della Sera. p. 27.
- ^ a b Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). "Ho fatto splash". Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 304. ISBN 978-88-7742-423-5.
- ^ Perona, Piero (3 November 1980). "Sulle orme di Ratataplan". La Stampa. No. 280. p. 23.
- ^ Grazzini, Giovanni (1 November 1980). "Nichetti e la generazione-splash". Corriere della Sera. p. 19.
