Under the Chinese Restaurant
| Under the Chinese Restaurant | |
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Italian theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti | |
| Directed by | Bruno Bozzetto[1] |
| Written by |
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| Cinematography | Agostino Castiglioni[1] |
| Edited by | Roberto Frattini[1] |
| Music by | Ugo Rossi[1] |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Under the Chinese Restaurant (Italian: Sotto il ristorante cinese, also known as Trouble in Paradise[citation needed]) is a 1987 Italian fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is the first and only live action film by Bozzetto.[2][page needed][3][page needed]
Cast
[edit]- Claudio Botosso as Ivan
- Amanda Sandrelli as Eva
- Claudia Lawrence as Bibi
- Bernard Blier as The Professor
- Nancy Brilli as Ursula
- Giuseppe Cederna as Giovanni
- Cinzia Monreale as The Robber
- Haruhiko Yamanouchi as The Chinese Chef
Release and reception
[edit]Sotto il ristorante cinese was released on April 16 in Milan, Turin, Genoa and Naples, Italy.[4]
Deborah Young of Variety reviewed the film at the Cannes Film Market on May 9, 1987 and found the film well filmed as a whole, while adding that the "erotic candor sometimes seems precocious for kids who'd go for such an innocent tale."[1][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Young 1991.
- ↑ Poppi, Roberto (2000). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese. ISBN 887742429X.
- ↑ Mereghetti, Paolo (2010). Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore. ISBN 8860736269.
- ↑ "Programmazioni Cinematografichie nella stagione 1986-87" [Film Programme for the 1986–87 Season]. Giornale dello Spettacolo (in Italian). Vol. XLIII, no. 28. Rome, Italy. August 28, 1987. p. VI.
- ↑ Bart 1991, p. 3.
Sources
[edit]- Bart, Peter (August 5, 1991). "Signing off on 'sigs'". Variety. p. 3.
- Young, Deborah (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1987-1988. Vol. 20. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "May 20, 1987". ISBN 0-8352-2667-0.