''Le comiche'' is a 1990 Italian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by

Neri Parenti Neri Parenti (born 26 April 1950) is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio playing the character Ugo Fantozzi, and a later series of '' cinepanettoni''—zany comedy film ...

and starring

Renato Pozzetto Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer. Biography Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the ''comune'' (municipality) of Gemonio, in the province of Varese. Aft ...

and

Paolo Villaggio Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, comedian, film director, and writer. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandom ...

. It had two sequels, '' Le comiche 2'' (1991) and ''

Le nuove comiche ''Le nuove comiche'' is a 1994 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti Neri Parenti (born 26 April 1950) is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio playing the charact ...

'' (1994).

Plot

Neri Parenti creates some comic episodes, inserting various gags taken from films of the past:

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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...

and Buster Keaton. In the silent black and white prologue two railroad workers, Paolo and Renato, are trying to outrun a steam train and jump out of the screen into a movie theatre; in the first episode they are bungling painters who ruin a wedding; in the second the two friends destroy a gas station; in the third episode they are forced to work in the mountain chalet, ruining the holiday for all customers; in the last the two friends are the perfect double of two fierce mafia, who plan to use the "twins" for a suicide mission; in the epilogue Paolo and Renato are chased by characters of all the episodes back into the silent film.

Cast

as Renato *

as Paolo *

Fabio Traversa Fabio Traversa (born 17 November 1952) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Naples, a real life friend of Nanni Moretti, Traversa appeared in Moretti's debut medium length film ''Pâté de bourgeois'' (1973) and made his feature film ...

as Mario * Alessandra Casella as Domitilla *

Gian Gian is a given name of Italian origin. It is a shortened version of Giovanni, another name of Italian origin. Notable people Notable people whose name is now typically expressed as Gian include: * Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter * Gian Lor ...

as Amilcare *

Tiziana Pini Tiziana Pini (born 13 August 1958) is an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Sanremo, Italy, Pini started her career in 1976, when at eighteen years old she was chosen by Erminio Macario to enter his stage comp ...

as Amilcare's wife *

Enzo Cannavale Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including ''Cinema Paradiso'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academ ...

as the priest *

Sal Borgese Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a stuntman an ...

as the gas station attendant * Renato D'Amore as the innkeeper *

Giovanni Cianfriglia Giovanni Cianfriglia (5 April 1935 – 30 October 2024), also known as Ken Wood, was an Italian film actor and stuntman. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1958 to 2000. Life and career Born in Anzio, Cianfriglia debuted as the body doub ...

as the trucker *

Ennio Antonelli Ennio Antonelli (born 18 November 1936) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was president of the Pontifical Council for the Family from 2008 to 2012. He has been a bishop since 1982, serving as bishop of Gubbio from 1982 to 1988, ...

as the pizza chef * Andrea Belfiore as the stripper at the nightclub * Pierfrancesco Villaggio as the bodyguard *

Franca Scagnetti Franca Scagnetti (17 May 1924 – 1 November 1999) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1969 and 1999. She was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Ehi amigo, sei morto!'' (1970) - Nathaniel' ...

as a guest at the wedding

References

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Plot

Cast

See also

References

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