Lifes a Beach | Come Puo Uno Scoglio
Director | Gennaro Nunziante
Presented by VESPA
Once again, beloved Italian comedians Pio and Amedeo deliver an unashamedly entertaining film with laughs as their primary objective.
2023 | 90 min | Comedy | Italy | Italian with English subtitles
CAST Pio D’Antini (aka Pio), Amedeo Grieco (aka Amedeo), Francesca Valtorta, Nicola Rignanese
It is the story of two men from different sides of the tracks. Pio is the wealthy son of a politically powerful aristocratic family. Consequently, he is profoundly privileged, very elegant and refined, but naive and entirely ill-equipped for ‘real life’. When his father dies, the family priest assigns a very dodgy, ex-con, Southern Italian chauffeur with a penchant for all the tackiest and most questionable habits that Italy offers. It is a set-up designed for easy laughs, and when matched with the beauty of the Italian countryside, the opulent mansions, stunning seascapes and luxury Italian cars, it's an unquestionably entertaining watch.
With their unashamedly endearing silliness, Pio and Amedeo have satirised with affection the aspects of Italian society that deserve to be made fun of.
A year after their first film together, Belli Ciao, the three have done it again.
Manuela Di Santacaterina. The Hollywood Reporter.