Tolo Tolo
| Tolo Tolo | |
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 The poster of the movie. | |
| Directed by | Luca Medici |
| Screenplay by | Checco Zalone, Paolo Virzì |
| Story by | Checco Zalone, Paolo Virzì |
| Produced by | Pietro Valsecchi |
| Starring | Checco Zalone |
| Edited by | Pietro Morana |
| Music by | Checco Zalone |
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Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Budget | €20 million |
| Box office | €46.2 million[1] |
Tolo Tolo is a 2020 Italian comedy film directed by Luca Medici, real name of Checco Zalone, in his feature debut film.[2]
The film grossed €46.2 million, and became the fifth highest-grossing film of all time in Italy, and the tenth highest-grossing film of 2020.
Plot
Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his town Spinazzola. 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.[3]
Cast
- Checco Zalone as Pierfrancesco "Checco" Zalone
- Souleymane Sylla as Oumar
- Manda Touré as Idjaba
- Nassor Said Birya as Doudou
- Barbara Bouchet as Mrs. Inge
- Alexis Michalik as Alexandre Lemaitre
- Arianna Scommegna as Nunzia
- Antonella Attili as Mrs. Lella
- Gianni D'Addario as Gramegna
- Nicola Nocella as Lawyer Russo
- Diletta Acquaviva as Barbara (second wife)
- Maurizio Bousso as Boy in Agadez
- Sara Putignano as Nicla (first wife)
- Nicola Di Bari as Uncle Nicola
Additionally, Nichi Vendola, Enrico Mentana, and Massimo Giletti appear as themselves.
Reception
The film opened with a record-breaking first day gross of €8.7 million, surpassing the previous record achieved by Quo Vado? (2016), in which Checco Zalone had also starred in.[4] By 8 March 2020, the film had grossed €46 million[1] when cinemas in Italy were closed due to the coronavirus lockdown.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Box Office al 02/03/2020". cinetel.it (in Italian). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ ""Tolo Tolo": com'è l'esordio alla regia di Checco Zalone" (in Italian). vanityfair.it. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Tra la Murgia e l'Africa, Checco il genio parla di noi" (in Italian). lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ ""Tolo Tolo", incassi da record ma Checco Zalone divide gli italiani" (in Italian). iltempo.it. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
