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Tolo Tolo

Tolo Tolo

20206.11h 34m

Overview

Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy.

Directed by Checco Zalone
Written by Checco Zalone, Paolo Virzì
Produced by Pietro Valsecchi
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $52.2M

Top Cast

Checco Zalone

Checco Zalone

Pierfrancesco "Checco" Zalone

Manda Touré

Manda Touré

Idjaba

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Nassor Said Birya

Doudou

Souleymane Sylla

Souleymane Sylla

Oumar

Giovanni D'Addario

Giovanni D'Addario

Luigi Gramegna

Barbara Bouchet

Barbara Bouchet

Signora Inge

Alexis Michalik

Alexis Michalik

Alexandre Lemaitre

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Jean Marie Godet

Generale Ducros

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Nunzio Cappiello

Zio Sushi

Eduardo Rejón

Eduardo Rejón

Medico Spagnolo

About Tolo Tolo

Tolo Tolo is a comedy, drama, family film released in 2020. Directed by Checco Zalone, it stars Checco Zalone, Manda Touré, Nassor Said Birya. Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy.

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