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Antonio Albanese has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Lucky and Zorba.
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A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the cat to fulfill three promises: that when she lays her egg he must not eat it; that he must take care of it until it hatches; that he would teach the newborn how to fly.
Dir. Enzo D'Alò · With Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese, Melba Ruffo

An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Antonio Albanese, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Sonia Bergamasco
Filippo is a star on the Italian TV. He works for a documentary series about wild animals and nature. He is sent to Tenerife (Spain) to shot an issue about the local stork. It is the 13th of August. After he did his job is time to leave, but the ferry couldn't operate. He has to spend the night in the island. The day after is again the 13th of August, and Filippo live again the same day for different times. Something has to change to exit the paranoid and unrealistic situation.
Dir. Giulio Manfredonia · With Antonio Albanese, Goya Toledo, Fabio De Luigi

Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. Struggling to overcome his urban inadequacy, he finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually manages to fit in, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. As everything seems to be falling into place, unwelcome news comes through: the school has failed to meet its student quota for the next year and will soon be shut for good.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Antonio Albanese, Virginia Raffaele, Sergio Saltarelli

Tonio, the son the bears King, is kidnapped by hunters in the Sicilian mountains. Due to the harshness of a winter that threatens famine, the Bear King decides to invade the land of men (in the hope of finding his son). Thanks to his powerful army and the help of a wizard, while he will succeed at both quests, he will soon find out that bears are not meant to live among men.
Dir. Lorenzo Mattotti · With Toni Servillo, Alberto Boubakar Malanchino, Maurizio Lombardi

Antonio, a former shipyard worker, leads a mild and peaceful life: he plays bowls with friends, takes care of his elderly mother, has an ex-wife with whom he is on excellent terms and Emilia, his only and beloved daughter When Emilia announces to him one day that she has decided to get married, Antonio is filled with joy, he can finally fulfill his dream by giving her the reception they have always dreamed of together being able to count on the savings of a lifetime.However, the bank of which he has always been a client seems to be hiding something, the employees are suddenly elusive and the director inexplicably changes constantly.The task of paying for his daughter's wedding will prove increasingly difficult and Antonio will discover, against his will, that those who keep our treasures don't always keep our dreams as well.
Dir. Antonio Albanese · With Antonio Albanese, Liliana Bottone, Sandra Ceccarelli

The story of an encounter between a bourgeois man and a poor woman, because their teenage children fall in love.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco

Three years after her relationship with Giovanni, Monica is in prison and has to ask his ex for help.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco

Corrupt and sleazy entrepreneur Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy and "jumps into politics" lest his law-abiding opponent, Giovanni De Santis, is elected as mayor.
Dir. Giulio Manfredonia · With Antonio Albanese, Sergio Rubini, Lorenza Indovina

as Mario Cavallaro · Director · Writer
Mario Cavallaro is 50 and lives in the same district of always in Milano and fears changes until arrives Oba, a Senegalese seller of socks so he decides to kidnap Oba and take him back to Senegal.
Dir. Antonio Albanese · With Antonio Albanese, Alex Fondja, Aude Legastelois
A divorced couple fights for the custody of their three children: neither of them wants it. Mom wants to leave them to dad, and vice versa.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Carlo Buccirosso
Yuri Pelagatti is a stage actor who is left jobless after a traumatic separation that resulted in his inability to remember his lines. Arturo Merlino is a shabby “investigator” who chases cats escaped from their homes. When Arturo and Yuri cross paths, Yuri is under the mistaken impression that Arturo is a consummate professional. He contracts Arturo to follow his ex-wife in order to find proof of her infidelity. But when he accidentally comes into the possession of a mysterious suitcase containing 1 million Euro, a series of hilarious troubles and daring adventures will result in an unpredictable finale…
Dir. Carlo Verdone · With Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese, Anna Kasyan

as Cetto La Qualunque · Writer
Cetto la Qualunque, having set aside all political ambition, is now nothing more than an entrepreneur. But the news of the worsening condition of his aunt leads him to return to Italy, where something from his past will be revealed and, “doubtlessly,” all of our lives will be forever changed.
Dir. Giulio Manfredonia · With Antonio Albanese, Nicola Rignanese, Caterina Shulha

as Cetto La Qualunque / Rodolfo Favaretto / Frengo Stoppato · Writer
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other characters: Rodolfo Favaretto and Frengo Stop
Dir. Giulio Manfredonia · With Antonio Albanese, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Lunetta Savino

as Filippo
Paralyzed from a crash, Nicola falls for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela seek fertility treatment in Barcelona. Filippo and Fosco, a gay couple, plan their wedding. Ernesto, a waiter, has an affair with Spanish cook Cecilia.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Carlo Verdone, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio
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