AmeriQua is the story of a lazy recent graduate, Charlie (Bobby Kennedy), whose rich parents cut him off with a $5000 check and an ultimatum to start a life of independence and responsibility. Instead, he buys a plane ticket to Italy, gets robbed upon arrival and winds up in Bologna in the care of his new friend Lele (Lele Gabellone), the self-proclaimed King of Bologna, who lives with a scraggly punkabbestia, Ballo (Gianlucca Bazzoli), and the insatiable prostitute frequenter, Il Pisa (Giuseppe Sanfelice). In Bologna, Lele teaches Chrlie the subtle strategies that the King knows so well, namely hitting on Italian women, throwing all-night parties and inciting general anarchy. Charlie takes to it like a pro and in the process meets the dangerously beautiful Valentina (Alessandra Mastronardi) and all-American Jessica (Eva Amurri).
Acting
Lele Gabellone's unhinged King of Bologna energy carries entire scenes
Production
Actual Bologna locations feel authentically gritty, not postcard pretty
Writing
Baldwin's 2-minute cameo somehow gets top billing
Director
Marco Bellone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bobby Kennedy III is actually Robert F. Kennedy's grandson, making his casting as a spoiled rich kid either brilliant meta-commentary or spectacular lack of self-awareness.
'Punkabbestia' refers to Italy's actual counterculture movement of homeless squatters with dogs—this film treats them as comic relief rather than social phenomenon.
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