Quo Vado?
| Quo Vado? | |
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| Directed by | Gennaro Nunziante |
| Produced by | Pietro Valsecchi |
| Screenplay by | Checco Zalone, Gennaro Nunziante |
| Story by | Checco Zalone, Gennaro Nunziante |
| Starring | Checco Zalone |
| Music by | Checco Zalone |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Omodei Zorini |
| Edited by | Pietro Morana |
Production company |
TaoDue, Medusa Film |
| Distributed by | Medusa Film[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Budget | €10,000,000[1] ($10.921.500) |
| Box office | €70,401,447 ($70,401,447) |
Quo Vado? is a 2016 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Nunziante.[1] It was released on January 1, 2016.
Plot
Checco was born into a life of relative comfort and privilege among his peers in his small town in southern Italy. He is one of the lucky few to have a posto fisso, or guaranteed job as a public servant. When a new reformist government vows to cut down on bureaucracy, Checco is forced to accept ever-worsening public-sector postings in order to maintain his guaranteed pay, benefits, and lifetime employment. Dr. Sironi is a representative of the new government who is tasked with downsizing the public sector by offering buyouts to targeted government employees in exchange for their resignation (see constructive dismissal). She takes a special interest in Checco who eventually becomes the last holdout, choosing to masturbate polar bears at the Italian arctic research station rather than surrender his public employee status.
While on assignment at the north pole, Checco meets Valeria and falls in love. Valeria lives in Norway and introduces him to a whole new way of life. He becomes enchanted not just with Valeria, but also with her progressive, merit-based society. Ultimately Checco must choose between his secure yet parasitic place in Italy, or a new and uncertain life with Valeria.
Cast
- Checco Zalone as Checco Zalone
- Eleonora Giovanardi as Valeria
- Ninni Bruschetta as Minister Magno
- Sonia Bergamasco as Dr. Sironi
- Maurizio Micheli as Peppino, Checco's father
- Paolo Pierobon as Ricercatore scientifico
- Lino Banfi as Senator Nicola Binetto
- Ludovica Modugno as Caterina
Reception
The film grossed €70.1 million,[1] becoming the global fifth highest-grossing film of 2016 on January 26.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Anderson, Ariston (January 4, 2016). "Italy Box Office: Local Hit ‘Quo Vado?’ Sets Opening Records". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
External links
- Quo Vado? at the Internet Movie Database