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Giacomo Poretti has 16 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 5 rank in the Top 10%, led by Three Men and a Leg.
Bagnomaria
1999
Comedy
as Giacomo / Jack / Passeggero tram / Michele · Director · Writer
Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family not for love but for money, a fate now awaiting Giacomo—has entrusted them with a priceless piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.
Dir. Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Massimo Venier, Giovanni Storti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
as Giacomo
I Corti ("Shorts") by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo was the first stage show of the comedy trio, with the participation of Marina Massironi. It was recorded live at the Teatro Nuovo in Ferrara on 28 and 29 March 1996. Produced by Agidi, with the theatre direction of Arturo Brachetti.
Dir. Arturo Brachetti · With Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti
Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing their dream production of Cyrano de Bergerac, until love for the same woman tears their friendship apart. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite after learning that Aldo is dying.
Dir. Giovanni Storti, Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Massimo Venier · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
A comedy show.
Dir. Arturo Brachetti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.
Dir. Massimo Venier, Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
Hapless Depression-era gangsters Al, John and Jack find out their boss wants to get rid of them and come up with a plan to sell him to the FBI, but Al's short-term memory loss could make it difficult.
Dir. Massimo Venier, Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
A queue at the ATM machine, a displaced family after a seismic shock that has half-washed their home, a tour within an art gallery, moments of everyday life that become the cues for the emergence of comic, farce, paradoxical situations – trademarks of one of the most successful Italian comic groups.
Dir. Arturo Brachetti, Rinaldo Gaspari · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
Claudia is married with Giovanni, a rather dull type. Meek Giacomo is happily divorced, until he meets her. Aldo is a colorful cabbie with whom she had an affair. Who'll win her heart?
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
A nostalgic journey with Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo, retracing thirty years of friendship and success in the world of Italian comedy, including personal memories and unforgettable moments that made them icons of laughter.
Dir. Sophie Chiarello · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
Film adaptation of the theatrical show Ammutta muddica performed by the trio composed of Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo. The protagonist of the various sketches is the common everyday life, full of bizarre characters and comic situations.
Dir. Arturo Brachetti, Morgan Bertacca · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
In a large villa on Lake Como, everything is ready to celebrate Elio and Caterina's wedding. It will be the most beautiful day of their lives and also of their parents' lives, especially their respective fathers, Giacomo and Giovanni. Too bad that together with Margherita, Giovanni's ex-wife and mother of the bride, Aldo, her new partner, also arrives at the wedding. Friendly, outgoing and above all a total troublemaker. Giacomo and Giovanni try to contain him in every way, but under Aldo's blows, cracks open up from which a hidden malaise emerges, destined to call into question the friendship between Giovanni and Giacomo, their marriages and more. And that will force everyone to deal with their own doubts and with the courage it takes to allow themselves happiness.
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
On Christmas Eve, three friends dressed as Santa Claus are arrested in what looks like an attempted burglary and charged with being the infamous "Santa Claus Gang". While trying to prove their innocence to the police, the trio explains why they found themselves in such a strange situation...
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
as Giacomo · Director · Writer
A wealthy broker, his loyal butler, and a poor street seller all see their social positions change in a twist of fate.
Dir. Aldo Baglio, Morgan Bertacca, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
as Pin / Giacomo / Father Bruno / Portrait / Giacomo · Writer
Four comedic episodes framed within the story of a tyrannical Zen master and his two hapless disciples.
Dir. Marcello Cesena · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
Old and forgotten, comedian Aldo is brought by his sons into a nursing home called Reuma Park where he finds his old friends and partners Giovanni and Giacomo.
Dir. Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, Aldo Baglio, Morgan Bertacca · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
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