17/01/2006

Twenty-four years later, Diego Abatantuono reprises his triple turn as hardcore fans Donato, Tirzan and Franco (respectively) of the Milan, Inter and Juventus football clubs. This at the enormous request of young lovers of the Italian popular-national comedy that have seen in air on TV now and again and, more recently, in the DVD released by 01 Distribution. The distribution company is also behind the January 20 release, on approximately 450 screens, of Eccezzziunale veramente - Capitolo secondo... me, the sequel to the 1982 film by Carlo and Enrico Vanzina. A comedy on the passion of football without violence or swearing, but with a lot of humor.

With the help of an exceptional supporting cast that includes Carlo Buccirosso, Sabrina Ferilli, Annamaria Barbera and Nino Frassica, the film will once again weave the stories of the trio of fans, updated to our times. "Today’s young people want to re-appropriate the popular national Italian comedy,” said Enrico Vanzina. “They’re orphans of a certain kind of comic cinema from the past. Young directors should make comedies rather than only focusing on arthouse film”. The next project for the two brothers will be the Christmas film Arriba España olè, starring Massimo Boldi and Vincenzo Salemme. Immediately after that, they will begin working on Italia 2051, a futuristic film set in the city of "Palermanbad". "This will be a kind of journey à la [Mario Monicelli’s] For Love and Gold," explains Enrico Vanzina, "to depict what our country will be like many years from now, from a political perspective as well".