Arrivederci amore, ciao

Feb 24 2006 N/A 1h 47m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—who fled to Latin America in the '70s to escape justice—decides to surrender after hearing about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Determined to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a shady police chief, getting his sentence reduced in exchange for ratting out former comrades. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming a "respectable" citizen, even if the way is paved with larceny, pimping, drug-dealing, rape, heist, and murder...

Plot

Giorgio Pellegrini, a former left-wing activist turned terrorist has fled to Central America and fought with a guerrilla movement. Fifteen years later he is fed up with living in the jungle and decides to return to Italy. What he wants is to lead a comfortable bourgeois life in his native country. Thanks to Anedda, a corrupt police inspector, and after giving away former comrades, he obtains a reduced jail sentence. Once released from prison he obsessively pursues his dream of becoming a "respectable" citizen, even if the way to it is paved with larceny, pimping, drug-dealing, rape, heist and murder...

Written by

Massimo Carlotto, Lorenzo Favella, Michele Soavi

Directed by

Michele Soavi

Cast

Alessio Boni, Michele Placido, Isabella Ferrari

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy, France

Production Companies

Mikado Film, Wild Bunch, RAI Cinema, StudioUrania

Languages

Italiano, Français

Awards

5 wins & 6 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,407
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
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