''Make a Fake'' ( it, Senza arte né parte) is a 2011 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by Giovanni Albanese. For his performance,

Giuseppe Battiston Giuseppe Battiston (born 22 July 1968) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1990. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1968 births Living people Italian male actors Peo ...

won the

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italian ...

for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also nominated for the

for best comedy film. The film had a worldwide box office gross of $731,299.

Plot

Arrogant and unscrupulous pasta factory owner Alfonso Tammaro tells his workers Enzo, Carmine and Bandula, that the factory will close and that they are laid off. When they ask if they can work in his new factory, he tells them he doesn't need them since it's completely automated. They are hard put to make ends meet, but Enzo's wife Aurora, who has been hired by Tammaro as a translator, convinces Tammaro to hire them as security guards at the old factory, which he now uses to store his latest enthusiasm, modern art. They find the art bizarre and the prices outrageously high. When Carmine accidentally breaks one of the artworks, they realize they have to create a duplicate, and find it surprisingly easy. Angry at Tammaro and desperate to improve their prospects, they decide to create duplicates and leave them for Tammaro, while selling the originals. They achieve some early success and become more ambitious. They travel to Rome to meet with a buyer who isn't too fussy about how they came into possession of such pieces, and Enzo is taken for a great new sensation in the art world. Put on the spot by a wealthy patron, he creates a new work by tracing the woman's hand with a pen and adding whatever bits of color he finds handy. For this "original" she gives him €1000. Alas, just when they have finished recreating an entire collection of modern art, the scheme goes awry. After they have switched their fakes for the genuine artworks, but before they can sell the real ones, Tammaro closes down the operation and sends the (fake) collection to Rome for auction. Terrified at being found out and sent to prison, they confess what they have done to Aurora, who helps them come up with a plan to undo their fraud by switching the art pieces at the auction site. They are unable to complete the swap, and are astonished to learn that in the world of modern art, it doesn't even matter. The film ends with them once again completely broke, except for the €1000 Enzo made for his hand tracing, which they end up giving to Bandula so he can attend his daughter's wedding back in India.

Cast

Vincenzo Salemme Vincenzo Salemme (born 24 July 1957) is an Italian actor, playwright, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Bacoli, Province of Naples, Salemme began his career in 1976, with the stage company of Tato Russo. The following year ...

as Enzo Gesumunno *

as Carmine Bandiera *

Donatella Finocchiaro Donatella Finocchiaro (born 16 November 1970) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002. She starred in '' The Wedding Director'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival ...

as Aurora *

Hassani Shapi Hassani Shapi (born 15 July 1973), is a Kenyan actor, particularly active in Italian cinema. He is best known for the roles in the films ''Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'', ''The World Is Not Enough'' and ''Il maresciallo Rocca''. Per ...

as Bandula * Giulio Beranek as Marcellino *

Sonia Bergamasco Sonia Bergamasco (born 16 January 1966) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan, Bergamasco graduated in piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory and then enrolled the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro, graduating in 1990.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Mass ...

as The Financial Advisor *

Paolo Sassanelli Paolo Sassanelli (born 29 October 1958) is an Italian stage, film and television actor as well as director. Life and career Born in Bari, Sassanelli made his stage debut in his hometown in the second half of the 1980s. He then moved to Rome an ...

as Alfonso Tammaro *

Ernesto Mahieux Ernesto Mahieux (born 12 July 1946) is an Italian actor, sometimes credited under the name Ernesto Maiè. Biography Born in Naples in 1946, he abandoned school to work in different jobs and to live in Milan and Rome. From the second half of ...

as Don Elio * Mariolina De Fano as Carmine's Mother * Dante Marmone as Natale * Daniele Esposito as Savino *

Ninni Bruschetta Ninni Bruschetta (born Antonino Bruschetta on 6 January 1962) is an Italian actor, film and stage director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Messina, in 1983 Bruschetta co-founded with Maurizio Puglisi "Nutrimenti terrestri", a stag ...

as Ciccio Rizzuto

References

External links

* 2011 comedy films 2011 films Italian comedy films 2010s Italian films 2010s Italian-language films {{2010s-Italy-comedy-film-stub