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''Snack Bar Budapest'' is a 1988 Italian
neo-noir Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during the post-World War II era in the United Statesroughly from 1940 to 1960. The French term, ''film noir'', translates literally to English as "black film", indicating s ...
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
Tinto Brass Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the ero ...
and starring
Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for '' Seven Beautie ...
. It is based on the novel with the same title by Marco Lodoli and Silvia Bre.
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Plot

A disbarred lawyer (
Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for '' Seven Beautie ...
) is working as a debt collector for his partner Sapo (
Philippe Léotard Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. Biography He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of wh ...
). Prostitute Milena (
Raffaella Baracchi Raffaella Baracchi (born Turin, Italy on 25 March 1964) is a retired Italian actress and 1983 Miss Italia. Miss Italia Raffaella Baracchi, by the year 1983 and as ''Miss Piedmont'', won the Miss Italia contest and represented Italy at the Miss ...
) impregnated by Sapo at an unnamed sea resort with a grotesque atmosphere (filmed in Lido di Ostia), he encounters the ambitious young ringleader Molecola ( François Negret) who has bought several old recreational sites in the environs to turn the town into an "Italian
Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
", but the hotel-bar named "Snack Bar Budapest" run by a man (
Carlo Monni Carlo Monni (23 October 1943 – 19 May 2013) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. Born in Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Monni started his artistic activity in early seventies, as an actor in the Tuscan vernacular comic theater. After ...
) and his family remains an obstacle. Molecola needs a lawyer to legitimise the forceful eviction of Snack Bar Budapest and the lawyer agrees. However, a murder he commits brings him at odds with Molecola.


Cast

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Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for '' Seven Beautie ...
: the lawyer * François Negret: Molecola *
Raffaella Baracchi Raffaella Baracchi (born Turin, Italy on 25 March 1964) is a retired Italian actress and 1983 Miss Italia. Miss Italia Raffaella Baracchi, by the year 1983 and as ''Miss Piedmont'', won the Miss Italia contest and represented Italy at the Miss ...
: Milena *
Philippe Léotard Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. Biography He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of wh ...
: Sapo *
Carlo Monni Carlo Monni (23 October 1943 – 19 May 2013) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. Born in Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Monni started his artistic activity in early seventies, as an actor in the Tuscan vernacular comic theater. After ...
: the hotel keeper *
Sylvie Orcier Sylvie may refer to: * ''Sylvie'' (novel), an 1853 novel by Gérard de Nerval * Sylvie (actress) (1883–1970), French actress * Sylvie (band), a Canadian rock band from Regina, active in the 2000s * ''Sylvie'' (album), a 1962 album by Sylvie Va ...
: Carla *
Giorgio Tirabassi Giorgio Tirabassi (born 1 February 1960) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor, as well as director. Life and career Born in Rome, Tirabassi made his debut as an actor in avant-garde theater and then worked at the Teatro Stabile di Ca ...
: Papera *
Valentine Demy Valentine Demy (born 24 January 1963) is an Italian mainstream and pornographic actress. Born as Marisa Parra in Pisa, Demy started her film career in the late 1980s, appearing often in main roles in several genre films, mainly of erotic genre, ...
: the prostitute *
Tinto Brass Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the ero ...
: the magistrate (cameo)


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* 1988 films Italian neo-noir films Films directed by Tinto Brass Italian comedy films 1988 comedy films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub