''Let's Not Keep in Touch'' ( it, Perdiamoci di vista) is a 1994 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

written, directed by and starring

Carlo Verdone Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Verdone is best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics, which he also wrote and directed. His career was jumpstarted by his first thre ...

. For this film

Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with ...

was awarded with a David di Donatello for

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

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Gepy 'Fuxas' is the famous host of a television talk show for

RAI RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

. He has built his fame on the populist pursue of highly emotional scoops, trivializing the real problems of his public and faking over-the-top drama in order to increase his audience. One day a paraplegic girl, Arianna, exposes during the show Gepy's hypocrisy and his instrumental abuses of his guests' private life. The scandal leads to the show being canceled and Gepy being fired by the national broadcasting company. He tries in vain to recover his public image, and to find a second wind for his career, eventually accepting a job offer from a much smaller private network. The vulgarity of the program leads however him to abandon the show already during recordings of the pilot. While Gepy's professional efforts aren't successful, on the personal side he starts to date Arianna and to gradually develop a more mature conscience. Their relationship however remains full of struggles, since Arianna remains very jealous of her independence, and Gepy seems unable to really accept her handicap as a permanent condition, aside which the girl however leads a very normal life. After reading by chance about a miraculous new therapy, he tricks Arianna to join him for a short vacation in Prague, and only on-site he reveals the real goal of their trip. After this unsuccessful attempt, the two appear to reconcile with their conditions and each others.

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as Gepy Fuxas *

as Arianna *

Aldo Maccione Aldo Maccione (born 27 November 1935) is an Italian film actor and singer who is a member of the Italian comedy rock band Brutos. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1964. He was born in Turin, Italy. Filmography * '' La Grande maffia ...

as Antonazzi * Sonia Gessner as Magda * Cosima Costantini as Ambra * Anita Bartolucci as Elda

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* 1994 films 1994 comedy films Films about paraplegics or quadriplegics Films about television people Films directed by Carlo Verdone Films set in Prague Films set in Rome Films set in Veneto Films shot in Prague Films shot in Rome Italian comedy films 1990s Italian-language films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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