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Cafè Express
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
| Release : | 1980 |
| Rating : | 7 |
| Studio : | Vides Cinematografica, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Set Decoration, |
| Cast : | Nino Manfredi Adolfo Celi Vittorio Mezzogiorno Luigi Basagaluppi Silvio Spaccesi |
| Genre : | Comedy |
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Strong and Moving!
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
An underrated, bittersweet Commedia all'Italiana, Café Express follows a night and a morning in the life of Michele Abbagnano (Nino Manfredi), who abusively sells coffee on trains pursued by both conductors and a couple of criminals he has defied.Few Italian actors could show both the ridiculous and serious side of a character like Manfredi, who gives here one of his finest performances: he is funny, endearing, pitiable, and yet shows a darker streak, the desperation of a man who has been disappointed by life one time too many - he has a moment of bitter rage near the end which is unsettling and almost painful to watch.The whole fauna of passengers and conductors gets a colorful, sympathetic portrayal in this picaresque comedy.8,5/10
Manfredi stars in this top-notch Italian comedy about a charming flim-flam man's attempts to aid his ailing son, outwitting the dim-witted police in the process. A lovable, compassionate portrait by Italy's most inventive comedy director, Nanni Loy.My vote: 9/10
