Main Cast: Carlo Verdone, Regina Orioli, Paolo Triestino, Ines Nobili, Enrica Rosso
Release Year: 1998
Country: IT
Run Time: 94 minutes
Plot
Carlo Verdone directed this Italian comedy in which the refers to a capercaillie, a European grouse distinctive for its chest-puffing vanity. The story opens in an Arab country where Islamic fundamentalists condemn Armando Feroci (Verdone) to death, followed by a flashback to 17 years earlier when the womanizing Feroci tooled about in his red convertible, tossing out lewd lines to women -- but eventually going too far by accosting a veiled Arab woman from a Red Cross missionary jeep. In Feroci's life of many misadventures, he is seen as a real estate agent getting his future wife (Ines Nobili) to purchase a condemned property; as an Elvis Presley fan claiming to be Elvis' biological son; as a quiz-show contestant; as a politician; and as an irresponsible parent. Filmed in Rome and the Tunisian desert. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Cast
Carlo Verdone - Armando Feroci
Regina Orioli - Martina
Paolo Triestino - Franco Feroci
Ines Nobili - Marcella Feroci
Enrica Rosso - Egle
Giorgia Brugnoli - Morena Feroci; Alessia Bruno - Young Morena
Credit
Maurizio Marchitelli - Art Director, Tatiana Romanoff - Costume Designer, Roberto Giandalia - First Assistant Director, Pasquale Plastino - First Assistant Director, Carlo Cerdone - Director, Antonio Siciliano - Editor, Laura Fattori - Executive Producer, Fabio Liberatori - Composer (Music Score), Danilo Desideri - Cinematographer, Vittorio Cecchi Gori - Producer, Rita Cecchi Gori - Producer, Laura Casalini - Set Designer, Benito Alchimede - Sound/Sound Designer, Leo Benvenuti - Screenwriter, Piero De Bernardi - Screenwriter, Pasquale Plastino - Screenwriter, Carlo Cerdone - Screenwriter