08/11/2011

Luca Argentero plunges himself once more into the delights of chocolate in Lezioni di cioccolato 2 [+see also:
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The screenplay, written by the champion of new Italian comedy Fabio Bonifacci (who has already written, among others, Senza arte né parte [+see also:
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"I’m in love with this character, a lazy builder, because he is essentially an alter ego of mine", states Argentero, former Big Brother contestant. "I come from a family of builders and I would probably have ended up like him had I not entered the entertainment world. I also love him because he discovers something I too discovered, the importance of doing something properly, with passion". And the handsome Turin-born actor ventures: "Lezioni di cioccolato aims at a trilogy". Not a remote hypothesis considering the words of producer Marco Chimenz: "Italian comedies have breathed life back into the market: we will continue down this road, it is important to keep finding new, topical and fun subjects".

(Translated from Italian)