Ivo the Genius (Italian: Ivo il tardivo) is a 1995 Italian comedy drama film co-written, directed and starred by Alessandro Benvenuti.[1][2]

Ivo the Genius
Directed byAlessandro Benvenuti
Written byAlessandro Benvenuti
Ugo Chiti
Nicola Zavagli
StarringAlessandro Benvenuti
Francesca Neri
CinematographyBlasco Giurato
Music byPatrizio Fariselli
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

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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.[3]

Cast

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  • Alessandro Benvenuti as Ivo
  • Francesca Neri as Sara
  • Davide Bechini as Fabio
  • Francesco Casale as Andrea
  • Vito as Silvano
  • Antonino Iuorio as Antonio
  • Sandro Lombardi as Aldo
  • Luca Fagioli as Carlino
  • Sonia Grassi as Delfina
  • Daniele Trambusti as Lele
  • Maria Pelikan as Bruna
  • Lucia Ragni as Aunt Augusta
  • Guido Cerniglia as Sara's father

See also

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References

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