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Ecce Bombo

Ecce Bombo

1978•1h 43m•7.4/10
ComedyDrama

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7.4/10(252)

Michele, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four friends who have participated in the battles of the student in Sixties. Now in the Seventies, the four friends don't know what to do, though young and with so many possibilities to find a job in life. Intellectuals marginalized and misunderstood, the four friends find themselves when they can in a restaurant to discuss their outlandish theories. A girl named Olga disrupts their life, but Michele is her favorite, although he does not know what to do with the girl.

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Production

Filmalpha, Alphabeta Film

Language

IT

Status

Released

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Cast

Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

Michele Apicella

Luisa Rossi

Luisa Rossi

Madre di Michele

Lina Sastri

Lina Sastri

Olga

Piero Galletti

Goffredo

Susanna Javicoli

Susanna Javicoli

Silvia

Cristina Manni

Cristina

Lorenza Ralli

Valentina

Maurizio Romoli

Maurizio Romoli

Cesare

Carola Stagnaro

Carola Stagnaro

Flaminia

Fabio Traversa

Fabio Traversa

Mirko

Giorgio Viterbo

Reporter di TeleCalifornia

Paolo Zaccagnini

Paolo Zaccagnini

Vito

Sandro Conte

Fabrizio De Taddeo

Studente

Mauro Fabretti

Studente

Simona Frosi

Francesca

Giampiero Mughini

Giampiero Mughini

Uomo occhialuto

Vincenzo Vitobello

Mario

Glauco Mauri

Glauco Mauri

Padre di Michele

Alberto Abruzzese

Vecchio amico di Olga

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