QThis evening on Canale 5 at 9.30pm there is a first run Like a cat on the ring road – Return to Coccia di Morto. Released in 2021, it is the sequel to Like a cat on the ring roadfilm directed by Riccardo Milani with Paola Cortellesi And Antonio Albanese which had great success at the box office and in TV ratings. The story starts again with the relationship between the bourgeois, radical chic intellectual, Johnand the forced woman Monica, in the Bastogi hamlet, a suburban neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome. The two represent two opposite environments that manage to find a meeting point in a relationship that triggers great laughter and makes us reflect on how distant two worlds of the same society are and are almost unable to communicate.
Like a cat on the ring road – Return to Coccia di Morto: the plot
After a quick flirt Giovanni and Monika they were never heard from again. But their two children Agnese and Alessio, that they had a relationship, which is where the whole story started. they find themselves in London by chance. Monika, however, is arrested because of the two twins Pamela and Sue Ellen. He feels in difficulty and asks Giovanni for help.
Paola Cortellesi in a scene from the film “Like a cat on the ring road – Return to Coccia di Morto”
Thanks to his connections, he manages to get her sentence commuted to a period of socially useful services to the parish of Don Davide (Luca Argentero). The parish is located near the cultural center that Giovanni is renovating with his new partner. The priest’s job, however, is at risk, and even in this case Giovanni will have to intervene. AND very funny and well described the meeting between the cultured and left-wing environment and the community of the township, each environment with its own limits, fragilities and strengths.
Paola Cortellesi and Antonio Albanese in Like a cat on the ring road – Return to Coccia di Morto
Like a Cat on the Ring Road – Return to Coccia di Morto: the cast
The actors are the same as the first film. Paola Cortellesi is Monika Bastogi’s convict. The left-wing intellectual is Antonio Albanese. Very funny and at ease in the role they are Valentina and Alessandra Giudicessa in the role of Pamela and Sue Ellen, the shoplifting twins (who also had some trouble with the law in life). They are added to the cast Claudio Amendola (Sergio, Monika’s ex-husband). Sonia Bergamasco (Luce, Giovanni’s ex-wife), Luca Argentero (the beautiful Don Davide) e Sarah Felberbaum It’s Camilla. There is also a wonderful cameo in the film Franca Leosini in the shoes of herself. The sequel Like a cat on the ring road Returning to the dead man’s shell received 2 nominations and won an AI award Silver Ribbons, as best comedyand was nominated for the Donatello’s David.
The beach and the neighborhood that form the backdrop
Death’s Coat, the place where Monika’s family goes to the seaside, taking Giovanni too, really exists. It is an area 35 km from Rome which is part of a nature reserve (strange, eh). In 2016 it was declared by LegambientAnd the dirtiest beach in Italy. The name derives from bones and skulls transported from the Tiber and ended up on the sand, called “cocce di morti” in Roman dialect. The neighborhood of Bastogiinstead it is located at north-west of Romein the area between Torrevecchia and Quartaccio.
Sonia Bergamasco in a scene from “Like a cat on the ring road – Return to Coccia di Morto”
It was built for Alitalia employees over the years Eighties but early nineties it was occupied by people with housing difficulties. It was subsequently taken over by the Municipality, which formalized its intended use as popular residential use. Today around two thousand people live in the neighborhood, with significant percentages of Italian Roma and foreign citizens. A recent redevelopment of the neighborhood led to the creation of a five-a-side football pitch and two play areas for children.
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