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Director: Billy Wilder
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From Time Out Film Guide
A sunny black comedy about a stuffy American who meets an overweight Englishwoman on the tourist paradise of Ischia. Each has come to claim the body of a deceased parent - his father, her mother - only to discover that the dead pair were lovers and to find history inexorably repeating itself. The humour (derived largely from un-stereotypical national stereotypes, plus the inexhaustible confusion over luggage, hotel accommodations and bureaucratic red tape) is sometimes a little leisurely, while the camera has a tendency to linger over the travelogue scenery. But any longueurs are more than made up for by the same strangely moving undercurrent of tenderness that Wilder brought to The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Marvellous performances from Lemmon and Mills.Author: TM
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- Kate Parsons said...
- Posted on Jul 27 2008 18:33 What is the name of the song they play in this wonderful film Avanti
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- Graham Chapman said...
- Posted on May 17 2008 21:13 Jack Lemmon at his best, the location is beutiful and Juliet Mills is stuning.Clive Revill gives a flauless performance this is a must see film
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Cast & crew
Director: Billy Wilder
Producer: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews, Gianfranco Barra, Franco Angrisano, Gisel full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 144 mins
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