The Friends At The Margherita Café

1h 30m
5.5

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

Crew

Pupi Avati
Director, Writer, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Idea
Margherita Spampinato
Script Editor, Novel
Amedeo Salfa
Editor
Pasquale Rachini
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Roberto Farina
First Assistant Director
Alvise Barbaro
Second Assistant Director
Anna Cuocolo
Assistant Director
Salvatore Lizzio
Trainee Production Coordinator
Giovanni Sinopoli
Trainee Production Coordinator
Antonio Avati
Producer
As Chianese
Production Assistant
Giuliano Pannuti
Production Design
Stefano Guidi
Assistant Camera
Alberto Marchiori
First Assistant Camera
Dario Di Vito
Post Production Producer
Antonio Spoletini
Extras Casting
Carlotta Moricci
Set Costumer
Steno Tonelli
Costume Design
Giammarco Gaeta
Additional Hairstylist
Federico Laurenti
Key Makeup Artist
Marta Roggero
Makeup Artist
Federico Amodio
Sound Effects Editor
Arianna Arcangeli
Sound Effects Editor
Tullio Arcangeli
Supervising Sound Editor
Andrea Doni
Sound Editor
Ivan Sibio
Sound Mixer
Fabio Sabatini
Boom Operator
Alessandro Arcangeli
Foley Artist
Francesco Rachini
Chief Lighting Technician
Yuri Silvestri
Visual Effects
Giampaolo Cantini
Music Supervisor
Lucio Dalla
Music
Alessandro Doni
Dialogue Editor
Pasquale Tricoci
Set Dresser
Giorgio De Marchis
Electrician
Marco Rachini
Electrician
Angelo Russo
Electrician
Gianfranco Alessandrelli
Driver
Franco Rucco
Driver
Massimiliano Bianchi
Stunts
Riccardo Mioni
Stunt Driver
Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunt Coordinator
Walter Belli
Property Master
Marco Ruggieri
Finishing Producer
Claudio Ricci
Key Grip
Massimiliano Anzellotti
Grip
Pasquale Cioffi
Grip
Simone Gulli
Grip
Giorgio Protti
Grip
Fabio Ciotto
Focus Puller
Riccardo Umetelli
Focus Puller
Francesco Cosatti
Digital Compositor
Pasquale Di Viccaro
Digital Compositor
Giulia Infurna
Digital Compositor
Fabio Luongo
Digital Compositor
Sara Paesani
Digital Compositor
Fiammetta Alessandra De Nigris
Administration