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Fun Is Beautiful
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Title: Fun Is Beautiful

Release Date: 19 Jan 1980

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Medusa Distribuzione

Production Companies: Medusa Distribuzione

Overview: Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince him to get back home.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (396 votes)

Cast

  • Enzo / Ruggero / Leo / Don Alfio / Anselmo / Professor: Carlo Verdone
  • Marisol: Verónica Miriel
  • Mario: Mario Brega
  • Sergio: Renato Scarpa
  • Antioco: Fausto Di Bella
  • Fiorenza: Isabella De Bernardi
  • Cristiano: Sandro Ghiani
  • Driver: Maria Mizar
  • Nurse: Luciano Bonanni
  • 'Dottorino': Filippo Ciro
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