''I Don't Speak English'' ( it, Io no spik inglish) is a 1995 Italian

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

film directed by

Carlo Vanzina Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina. In English-speaki ...

. A

sequel A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...

entitled '' Banzai'' was released in 1997.

Cast

Paolo Villaggio Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid G ...

as Sergio Colombo *

Paola Quattrini Paola Quattrini (born 9 March 1944) is an Italian actress. Career She debuted as child actor in ''Il bacio di una morta'' (1949). From then she started a very long career between stage, film and television, starring in hundreds of productions. I ...

as Paola Colombo *Laura Migliacci as Betta Colombo *Ian Price as Frederick Livingstone *

Carolyn Pickles Carolyn Pickles (born 8 February 1952) is an English actress who has appeared in West End theatre and on British television. She is known for playing DCI Kim Reid in ''The Bill'' and Shelley Williams in ''Emmerdale''. Life and career Pickles ...

as Linda Livingstone *Chiara Noschese as Patrizia *Giorgio Biavati as Giovanni *Stefania Spugnini as Francesca *Maurizio Marsala as Giovanni Spadella *Mario Bianco as Tony Pinardi *Mauro La Giglia as Alfredo Della Torre *Matteo Dondi as Cesare Scotto *Matteo Pagano as Dario Scotto

Reception

''I Don't Speak English'' opened at number six at the Italian box office and reached number one in its third week of release.

References

External links

* 1995 films Films directed by Carlo Vanzina Films produced by Fulvio Lucisano 1990s Italian-language films 1995 comedy films Italian comedy films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub