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Massimo Venier has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Three Men and a Leg.
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
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
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
Two different men living in Milan lose their job at the same time. They will become a funny couple of thieves thanks to the poorest of them that was already a thief.
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Ale, Franz, Maddalena Maggi
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
Giacomo is a 40-year-old man who works for a big company in Milan. To avoid working on weekends, he lies about having a girlfriend whose character he creates based upon a girl he sees every morning.
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Fabio Volo, Isabella Ragonese, Camilla Filippi
In Milan, Matteo is an underemployed physicist, giving the occasional lecture at a university while working at a PR firm where he knows he'll be fired. Without his really trying, two women are attracted to him, a blond and a brunette. The blond is Angelica; they meet smoking on the office rooftop. To his surprise, she has clout in the company and soon has him flying off (with her) to make presentations. The brunette is Beatrice, a new flatmate, hoping for a teaching job in the national service. Angelica dangles a posting with her in Barcelona; Beatrice is simply Beatrice. Will Matteo figure out what he wants - and decide before opportunity passes him by?
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Alessandro Tiberi, Valentina Lodovini, Carolina Crescentini
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Fabio De Luigi, Luciana Littizzetto, Ale
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