Stefano is now forty years old but has not yet found his purpose in life, remaining an eternal dreamer waiting for that decisive enlightenment. With his parents who have great plans for him, Stefano realizes that he lost most of his years without a real goal and thinks back to all those missed opportunities that could have led him to another path, between old loves and unexploited opportunities .
Direction
Nichetti plays four Stefanos arguing with himself—pure unhinged ambition
Writing
meta-commentary on storytelling as life-avoidance
Acting
Nichetti's physical comedy across four versions of himself
Director
Maurizio Nichetti
Maurizio Nichetti
Stefano
Elena Sofia Ricci
Angela
Amanda Sandrelli
Chiara
Caterina Sylos Labini
Costanza
James Thierrée
Stefano at 17
Renato Scarpa
Stefano's Father
Milena Vukotić
Stefano's Mother
Lidia Broccolino
Marta
Maria Eugenia D'Aquino
Journalist #1
Sabrina Paravicini
Student
Osvaldo Salvi
Captain Verzi
Enrico Grazioli
Lieutenant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
James Thierrée, who plays teenage Stefano, is Charlie Chaplin's grandson—nepo baby doing actual circus-trained physical comedy.
This came out during Italy's 'commedia all'italiana' decline, when directors like Nichetti were desperately trying to make introspective cinema feel like popular entertainment.
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