''Lui è peggio di me'' (''He is worse than me'') is a 1984 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 ...

directed by

Enrico Oldoini Enrico Oldoini (born 4 May 1946) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in La Spezia, in 1966 Enrico Oldoini started attending the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome, without graduating. From 1972, he then worked as a ...

Plot

Leonardo and Luciano are two forty-year bachelors, lifelong friends. Holders of a company that rents vintage cars, are doing well and is easy to grant all the girls they want. The solid friendship goes up in smoke when Leonardo falls in love with Giovanna.

Cast

Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...

: Leonardo *

Renato Pozzetto Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer. Biography Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the town of Gemonio (in the Province of Varese). After graduation, he made ...

: Luciano * Kelly Van der Velden: Giovanna * Daniel Stephen: Cowboy Roy

Reception

The film was the seventh highest-grossing film in Italy for the year with a gross of $1.6 million (3.2 billion lire) from 12 key cities and the third highest-grossing local film, behind ''

Nothing Left to Do But Cry ''Non ci resta che piangere'' (in the U.S. is also known as ''Nothing Left to Do But Cry'') it is a 1984 film written, directed and starring Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi. Plot Tuscan countryside. The janitor Mario and the teacher Saveri ...

'' and '' I due carabinieri''.

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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ...

1985 films Italian buddy comedy films 1980s buddy comedy films Films directed by Enrico Oldoini Films scored by Manuel De Sica 1985 comedy films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub