''Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!'' ( it, Lascia perdere, Johnny!) is a 2007
Italian biographical
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
film written and directed by
Fabrizio Bentivoglio. It is loosely based on real life events of musician Fausto Mesolella, a member of
Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel
Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel (also known as Avion Travel) is an Italian musical group, formed in Caserta in 1980. The group was named after a travel agency situated in Caserta. They were discovered by Caterina Caselli.
In 2000 the band won the ...
.
It was nominated for four
David di Donatello Awards
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...
, including
Best New Director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993.
1980s 1989
*Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V''
**Runners-up: St ...
.
Plot
Cast
* Antimo Merolillo as Fausto "Johnny" Ciaramella
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Augusto Riverberi
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Ernesto Mahieux
Ernesto Mahieux (born 12 July 1946) is an Italian actor, sometimes credited under the name Ernesto Maiè.
Biography
Born in Naples in 1946, he abandoned school to work in different jobs and to live in Milan and Rome.
From the second half of ...
as Raffaele Niro
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Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in ''Rain Man'', ''Big Top Pee-wee'' and the two ''Hot Shots!'' films, particularly the olive-in-the-bell ...
as Annamaria
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Lina Sastri as Vincenza, Johnny's mother
* Peppe Servillo as Gerry Como
* Roberto De Francesco as Autore
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Toni Servillo
Marco Antonio Servillo (), known as Toni Servillo, is an Italian actor and theatrical director.
He has won the European Film Award for Best Actor twice, in 2008 for both '' Gomorrah'' and ''Il Divo'' and in 2013 for ''The Great Beauty'', as well ...
as Maestro Falasco
* Daria D'Antonio as Franca Marocco
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Ugo Fangareggi
Ugo Fangareggi (30 January 1938 – 20 October 2017) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in Genoa, Fangareggi worked as a dental technician when in 1961 he was noticed by Luigi Squarzina who chose him to act in the play ''Ciascuno a suo ...
as Pietro Tagnin
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Luigi Montini
Luigi Montini (born 24 February 1934) is an Italian actor in over a hundred films and TV shows since 1962.
Selected filmography
External links
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1934 births
Living people
Italian male film actors
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as Discografico
See also
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List of Italian films of 2007
References
External links
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Italian comedy-drama films
2007 comedy-drama films
Italian biographical films
2000s biographical films
Biographical films about musicians
Cultural depictions of Italian men
Cultural depictions of rock musicians
2007 directorial debut films
2007 films
2000s Italian films
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