giampaolo Morelliknown for giving birth to theInspector Coliandro of the Manetti Bros., tries his hand at the second directorial effort. Give up the romantic comedy (remember 7 hours to make you fall in love with Serena Rossi?) for action comedy Spin it – The Last Joint (a play on words that ironically recalls Rambo: Last Blood), on Prime Videos.
Morelli enjoys mixing the action, the Chinese mafia and the Camorrathe romantic comedy and a future in which a virus instead of attacking the man he decimates the marijuanaand together with the plant species also the happiness and freedom. Trying to bring cannabis back to the market is an unlikely group consisting of a Journalista influencershis retarded brother and an undercover cop.
Spin it – The Last Joint: the plot
In the not too distant future a virusthe CH3, has extinguished the cannabis. There is only one seedling left, a coveted swag for the Chinese mafia. By chance, however, if he finds it in the garden of the house Nathan (Giampaolo Morelli), a influencers from millions of followers who is losing enamel after an accident involving the ex. On the same day of the discovery, together with handsome ego reportedly, there is his retarded brother Arturo (John Esposito) and the journalist Guglielmo (Cyrus Priello), welcomed into the house for an interview.
The three find themselves holding a gold mine. So they decide to turn to the cheap drug dealer Orestes (Fabio Balsamo) who takes them to the Camorra boss 100 Watt (Leopoldo Mastelloni) to conclude the deal of the century. Too bad the plant is a male and alone is worth nothing.
At that point it’s time to set up a plan to steal in the botanical garden of Vatican the last specimen of female cannabis. They are joined by the criminal just released from prison Diego (Michael Placido) and the undercover policewoman (ready to do anything to capture 100 Watt), Sara (Laura Adriani). We will see some good ones between shootings, hallucinated and surreal moments.
Giampaolo Morelli and Giovanni Esposito. (First Videos)
Cannabis, happiness and influencers
Morelli enjoys mixing action and cheap comedy, Tarantino quotes, Neapolitan culture and American films from the 80s and 90s. With his thieving friends, so to speak, he goes against the Chinese mafia and the Camorra, also slips into the room of the Dad and defends himself with blows kung fu and bullets without ever taking yourself seriously. To accompany him there is always his grimace on which he has a patent: the so-called “mouth a cu.. of rooster”, which is opposed to the usual one “a cu… di gallina” (the jokes are more or less along this line: there are those who will laugh and those who will send word).
Between the’action and comedy slips the line romancedictated by a relationship that involves Sarah and Nathan, first distant and then closer and closer. The spring clicks when Will be discovers that behind the influencer piacione hides a tender and sensitive heart. «The focus of the film is not so much there cannabishow much the freedom – declared the Neapolitan director and actor. Every attack on it must be prevented because where it is oppressed there is less happiness. In this I have an anarchist approach».
Ciro Priello, Laura Adriani, Giampaolo Morelli, Fabio Balsamo. (First Videos)
Giampaolo Morelli: «What I can’t stand about social media»
Make her turn looks at the cinema of the past, but focuses on the character of Nathan, a selfie-sick influencer, describing an aspect of today’s society. «We have them in front of us from morning to night – comments Morelli. But the film does not want to criticize social networks and influencers. In reality we all use filterswe always present ourselves to others in our best guise».
“At first I used them a lot, now I’ve abandoned them,” he continues. What I can’t stand about social media is the bombardment of ostentatious happiness. I think they bring people together, it happened during the pandemic though we need a return to true human contact. The influencers of the future will certainly be different, but I can’t say how».
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Giampaolo Morelli she called to her side Ciro Priello and Fabio Balsamoof the The Jackal, to raise the bar of comedy. The two Neapolitan friends play the role of a journalist who believes in happiness and freedom: he is not interested in the profit from the sale of marijuana plants, but above all in how much happiness people can breathe again.
Fabio instead it is Orestes, one drug dealer Neapolitan cheap looking for a new synthetic drug that mimics the effect cannabis. It is he who brings Natan to the boss 100 watts and it is he, along with John Esposito, to give us the funniest and most hallucinated scenes. In the cast there is also a cameo by Barbara D’Urso in the role of herself.
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