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Magical Nights

Magical Nights

20186.12h 0m

Overview

Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.

Directed by Paolo Virzì
Written by Paolo Virzì, Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo
Produced by Marco Belardi
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Top Cast

Mauro Lamantia

Mauro Lamantia

Antonino Scordia

Giovanni Toscano

Giovanni Toscano

Luciano Ambrogi

Irene Vetere

Irene Vetere

Eugenia Malaspina

Roberto Herlitzka

Roberto Herlitzka

Fulvio Zappellini

Marina Rocco

Marina Rocco

Giusy Fusacchia

Paolo Sassanelli

Paolo Sassanelli

Police Captain

Annalisa Arena

Annalisa Arena

Katia

Eugenio Nicola Marinelli

Eugenio Nicola Marinelli

Gianfranco, the chaffeur

Emanuele Salce

Emanuele Salce

Virgilio Barone

Andrea Roncato

Andrea Roncato

Fosco, the director

Themes & Keywords

rome, italyscreenwriternostalgictold in flashbackmurder mystery1990saspiring artistgolden agefilm industry

About Magical Nights

Magical Nights is a comedy film released in 2018 exploring themes of rome, italy, screenwriter, nostalgic, told in flashback, murder mystery, 1990s. Directed by Paolo Virzì, it stars Mauro Lamantia, Giovanni Toscano, Irene Vetere. Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.

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