The best of worlds, on Prime: plot, cast, Maccio Capatonda

Davailable from today on Prime Video, The best of all worlds is the new comedy directed and starring Maccio Capatonda (together with Danilo Carlani and Alessio Dogana). A movie set in a technology-free 2023 which makes you smile but also reflect on contemporary social media addictions and smartphones. The cast also features a very funny Pietro Sermonti and the revelation Martina Gatti. The direction is by

The best of all worldsthe plot

Ennio Storto (Capatonda) is a man of about fifty years old, a slave to technology. He lives in a house full of hi-tech gadgets, scrolls Tinder compulsively and manages an electronics store together with his brother Alfredo (Pietro Sermonti). Within which he creates Instagram content offering the latest news in smartphones and computers.

One morning, after meeting Viola (Martina Gatti)a slightly freaky girl, at a party, his whole world is completely turned upside down. Yes in fact, it awakens in an “alternative” 2023 where technological progress has been banned and stuck in the nineties. Those of the Nokia 331056k modems, of cars without GPS – and with the porn DVDs of Blockbusters instead of his beloved PornHub.

But the disaster becomes an unprecedented adventure. Which brings it to meet people you never expected – like the aspiring eco-terrorist Gianni (Luca Vecchi) and others discover a new side of yourself. And, why not, a regain confidence in love thanks to the beautiful and low-tech Viola.

A comedy that makes you smile but also reflect

The best of all worlds And an intelligent postmodern comedy and full of comedy. Without easily slipping into boomer nostalgia about how beautiful the world was when there were no smartphones, the film proposes an alternative route. Stirring comedy suggestions fantastic in style Back to the Future to anthropological reflections on contemporary society.

Thanks to a screenplay that skilfully balances laughter with more intimate momentsit certainly is the director Maccio’s most mature workalready the author of some films released in theaters in the past, such as Average Italian. Titles that they modeled the surreal masks of his television characters without too much originality.

Author of an alienating comedy devoted to paradoxCapatonda/Macchia has finally introjected the lesson of comedy heavyweights of the past, like Massimo Troisi, for example. Abandoning the speck in favor of a more “naturalistic” version of his alter ego cinematic.

To give him support a cast in a state of grace: Pietro Sermonti, in the role of the nostalgic brother of the revolutions, is now a guarantee and it is a shame to no longer see him in leading roles. While the young one Martina Gattialready seen in the series A summer agoit’s simply perfect in embodying the deranged Martina. Allergic to everything technological in the name of a life dedicated to the “slow” philosophy.

Maccio Capatonda: from TV to cinema

Born near Chieti in 1978Marcello Macchia, after a degree in advertising techniques in Perugia, in the early 2000s he was noticed by Gialappa’s Band who offers him a collaboration. In fact, Marcello understood the potential of the Internet very early and together with his inseparable work group, he created for the web parodies of reality shows to die of laughter.

Enlisted in the broadcast Never say…, comes the metamorphosis into Maccio Capatondafictitious actor protagonist of surreal trailers where, from time to time, he takes on the appearance of characters that later became cult. As Father Maronno and Mariottide. After years of animating TV programs, Maccio made his directorial debut in 2015 with Average Italianfollowed two years later by Italian-style murder.

Author of unique comedy – made up of neologisms, mockeries of the Italian language and parodies of films and reality shows –, after having out of sight for a few yearsis back in style in 2022. Winning the second edition of LOL – Whoever laughs is out. As for yours private lifeafter a series of famous flirts (above all the one with Elisabetta Canalis), since 2017 he is happily engaged to the tattoo artist Myriam.

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